B+
Green Bay Packers
Nobody dealt better than the Packers this weekend: B+.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 8 steals
· 4 reaches
If confidence were a draft strategy, the Packers would have aced it. Dylan McMahon at No. 245 is 48 spots clear of where he belonged. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.
The McGlothern value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. For all the activity, wide receiver went untouched, which is hard to explain.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 25 they get a cornerstone up front, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
They read the board right and Darius Robinson was the payoff at the 53rd pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Javon Bullard at the Round 2 slot is money in the bank, a safety taken below his worth. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Value with a capital V on Mike Sainristil in the 84th overall pick, a genuine coup. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Cedric Gray at pick No. 88 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They took Christian Mahogany at par in Round 3, Pick 28, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
MarShawn Lloyd at the 126th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
No edge and no loss on Malik Mustapha in No. 169; it is a wash and a sensible one. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Brandon Coleman at the Round 5 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Joe Milton III this early at Round 5, Pick 36. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They robbed the room for Dwight McGlothern here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They barely believed it either: Curtis Jacobs still on the board at slot 219. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Dylan McMahon in pick 245, miles early. It fills a real need, too.
The board fumbled Dominique Hampton all the way to pick No. 255, and they scooped it up. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
