B
Green Bay Packers
More right than wrong for the Packers, and a B to prove it.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 20 picks
· 5 steals
· 7 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Maema Njongmeta at the Round 7 slot will need to, sitting 74 spots clear of his grade.
However the rest shakes out, Hadden at that price is a win they earned. Kristian Fulton gives the group a proven body among the projects. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.
Quantity was the play, for better or worse.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
A quiet steal in the Round 2 slot: Xavier Legette for less than the market said. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
No drama and no debate, Zach Frazier went about where he belonged in No. 58. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They paid sticker price for Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in slot 66, and that is fine. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Max Melton at pick 69 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
No edge and no loss on Patrick Paul in Round 3, Pick 7; it is a wash and a sensible one. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Mike Sainristil in the 83rd overall pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Cole Bishop at the Round 3 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. A minor itch, scratched.
They liked Zak Zinter enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 90. The roster fit checks out.
A tidy little value on Blake Corum in the 91st pick, a step better than break-even. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Javon Foster in slot 104 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Ben Sinnott in Round 4, Pick 26 is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Michael Pratt in pick No. 138 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Malik Mustapha at No. 154 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
A reach on Khristian Boyd in the 169th overall pick; the board had better options right there. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Kamal Hadden at the 202nd overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Logan Lee at Round 6, Pick 44 is the proof. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A wild overpay on Trey Taylor in No. 245, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
They let Jalen Sundell come to them and pounced at slot 255. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A real head-scratcher, Maema Njongmeta in the 256th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Sam Hartman at pick No. 257 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.