B+
Green Bay Packers
The Packers won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B+.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 5 steals
· 7 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Packers shredded theirs for Isaac Rex. He came off 67 spots early, and the room will hear about it. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B+.
The Schrader pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
Graham Barton slipping to No. 41 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Value with a capital V on Kris Jenkins in Round 2, Pick 26, a genuine coup. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
T.J. Tampa is a better player than the 59th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A premium they did not need to pay, Max Melton a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Cedric Gray. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Fair-plus on Jaden Hicks, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A minor itch, scratched.
They paid up for Zak Zinter at pick 91 when waiting would have done the job. The roster fit checks out.
A conviction pick on Mohamed Kamara at Round 4, Pick 23 that the board grades a round light. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Christian Jones in No. 126 is fair value, right on his grade. It fills a real need, too.
A straight-up fair deal on Malik Mustapha at the 169th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Joe Milton III in slot 186 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Cody Schrader at pick No. 202 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They went early on Edefuan Ulofoshio in the 219th pick, and the value did not follow. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Tylan Grable in the Round 7 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Isaac Rex at the 255th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
