PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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2024_04_01_6 C+

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Green Bay Packers

Best value of the weekend goes to the Packers for Jacobs: C+.

by emc2feld · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 3 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades D+
Future B-

The Packers did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Curtis Jacobs fell into slot 219. A mixed bag that lands at C+.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. They will need Taylor to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. They gave back a little on the phones for the right to move.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 26
In the 25th pick they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 38
Xavier Legette in slot 41 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 52
A tidy little value on Junior Colson in Round 2, Pick 26, a step better than break-even. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Max Melton · CB · rank 76
Max Melton slipping to pick 88 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Christian Mahogany · OG · rank 98
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Christian Mahogany. It fills a real need, too.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 119
A clean, defensible pick in No. 126 with a little surplus value in Javon Foster. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Jaheim Bell · TE · rank 164
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jaheim Bell in the 169th overall pick. The roster fit checks out.
R6.27 · Pick 202 · Drake Nugent · C · rank 210
Drake Nugent at the Round 6 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 198
Circle this one: Curtis Jacobs at the Round 6 slot is a fall that decides a draft. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Jalen Sundell · OT · rank 246
No drama and no debate, Jalen Sundell went about where he belonged in the 245th overall pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Daijahn Anthony · CB · rank 237
Daijahn Anthony in pick No. 255 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.36 · Pick 256 · Rasheen Ali · RB · rank 259
Rasheen Ali at Round 7, Pick 36 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.39 · Pick 257 · Trey Taylor · S · rank 267
They paid a round early for Trey Taylor in No. 257, more than the board wanted. A minor itch, scratched.
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