PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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2024_03_28_2 B-

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Green Bay Packers

Jones should have been long gone. The Packers pounced, and earned a B-.

by emc2feld · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 7 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B-
Trades C
Future B+

The board owed the Packers one, and it paid up: Elijah Jones, the No. 115 name on the board, sitting there at No. 169 like a gift left on the doorstep. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.

Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They will need Nourzad to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 24
In the 25th overall pick they get a building block for the line. A real need, handled.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Javon Bullard · S · rank 42
A slide stopped in the 58th pick, with Javon Bullard worth more than the price. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 57
They let Payton Wilson come to them and pounced at No. 68. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Max Melton · CB · rank 76
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Max Melton at slot 88 is the proof. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Christian Mahogany · OG · rank 98
Christian Mahogany at the Round 3 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 129
They paid sticker price for Ben Sinnott in Round 4, Pick 26, and that is fine. It fills a real need, too.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Hunter Nourzad · C · rank 159
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Hunter Nourzad well ahead of where he belonged. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Elijah Jones · CB · rank 115
Taking Elijah Jones in pick No. 169 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.27 · Pick 202 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 200
Joe Milton III in the 202nd pick is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 198
Curtis Jacobs at the Round 6 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Kimani Vidal · RB · rank 253
Kimani Vidal in No. 245 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Josh Proctor · S · rank 244
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Josh Proctor in pick No. 255. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R7.36 · Pick 256 · Jalen Sundell · OT · rank 246
A quiet steal in the 256th overall pick: Jalen Sundell for less than the market said. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.39 · Pick 257 · Trey Taylor · S · rank 267
They jumped the gun on Trey Taylor, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
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