B+
Green Bay Packers
The Packers worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 5 steals
· 3 reaches
The Packers spent real capital to be 75 picks early on Jack Westover, and the board is going to hold them to it. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.
The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Johnson.
That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 30 they get an island corner at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
A slide stopped in pick 58, with Kris Jenkins worth more than the price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Christian Mahogany at the Round 3 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A tidy little value on Dadrion Taylor-Demerson in No. 91, a step better than break-even. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
They paid sticker price for MarShawn Lloyd in pick No. 93, and that is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
By-the-book stuff, Javon Foster at the 113th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
A wild overpay on Hunter Nourzad in Round 4, Pick 26, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A tidy bit of business in the 169th overall pick, where Kitan Oladapo graded well above the range. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Joe Milton III at pick 202 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Cornelius Johnson at slot 219 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jack Westover this early at pick No. 245. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Daijahn Anthony in No. 255, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
