B-
Green Bay Packers
Larceny in pick 245 lands the Packers a B-, Flournoy and all.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 4 steals
· 1 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Ryan Flournoy got past him. The Packers do not have to explain a thing at pick 245.
The cost of the Taylor reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 6 of 8 of the wish list covered.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
No drama and no debate, Graham Barton went about where he belonged in pick 25. It fills a real need, too.
Tyler Nubin in Round 2, Pick 9 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They let Jonathon Brooks come to them and pounced at the 58th pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Value with a capital V on Max Melton in No. 88, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Christian Mahogany. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They took Ben Sinnott at par in the Round 4 slot, which is nothing to complain about. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Malik Mustapha in pick No. 170 is fair value, right on his grade. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Jaylan Ford at slot 202 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It adds depth where they could use a little.
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Trente Jones in Round 6, Pick 44, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A wild overpay on Trey Taylor in No. 239, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
The board fumbled Ryan Flournoy all the way to the Round 7 slot, and they scooped it up. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
No edge and no loss on Sam Hartman in slot 255; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
