B+
Green Bay Packers
The Packers worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 24 picks
· 9 steals
· 6 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Jaylon Hutchings at the 255th overall pick will need to, sitting 99 spots clear of his grade. More right than wrong, and a B+ to match.
Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. However the rest shakes out, Sinnott at that price is a win they earned.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
A straight-up fair deal on Zach Frazier at slot 58, value and slot in agreement. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Mike Sainristil at No. 81 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Trey Benson in the Round 3 slot is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Kingsley Suamataia in the 86th pick, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
They went early on Christian Mahogany in the 88th overall pick, and the value did not follow. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Cole Bishop in pick 91 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
By-the-book stuff, Cedric Gray at pick No. 111 squarely in line with his ranking. It adds depth where they could use a little.
A tidy bit of business in No. 115, where Zak Zinter graded well above the range. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
No drama and no debate, Javon Foster went about where he belonged in slot 118. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Isaac Guerendo. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Mohamed Kamara at the Round 4 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Ben Sinnott at the 155th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
The board had Kitan Oladapo higher than Round 5, Pick 33, and the safety fell to them anyway. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Kamal Hadden is a better player than the 179th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
The board fumbled Malik Mustapha all the way to slot 188, and they scooped it up. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Khristian Boyd at pick No. 189. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Cornelius Johnson slid further than he should have, and Round 6, Pick 27 is lovely value for the wide receiver. The roster fit checks out.
Caedan Wallace at the Round 6 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Nathaniel Watson in No. 219 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Sam Hartman in the 235th pick, miles early. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Nice patience on Daijahn Anthony, who had no business lasting to the 245th overall pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Jaylon Hutchings in pick 255 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, De'Corian Clark well ahead of where he belonged. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
The board had cheaper options than Trey Taylor at slot 257, and it noticed. Stacking talent where they were already deep.