B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers cashed the board's mistake on McClellan: B-.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 3 steals
· 3 reaches
You build a draft on nights like this. Jase McClellan had no business being available in No. 219, and the Packers did the only sane thing and turned in the card.
A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. The Frazier pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a sticky cover corner at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A big swing on Zach Frazier at the Round 2 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. A need, and now a little less of one.
Payton Wilson in pick 58 is fair value, right on his grade. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Christian Mahogany at No. 88 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Mike Sainristil slipping to the 91st overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
No drama and no debate, Ben Sinnott went about where he belonged in the 126th pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Malik Mustapha at slot 169 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It adds depth where they could use a little.
A reach for Caedan Wallace in pick No. 202; a little patience would have been rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They barely believed it either: Jase McClellan still on the board at No. 219. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They took Jalen Sundell at par in the 245th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Somehow Daijahn Anthony was still sitting there in the Round 7 slot, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
