D+
Green Bay Packers
The Packers bled value on every deal, hence the D+.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 24 picks
· 6 steals
· 7 reaches
The Packers spent real capital to be 64 picks early on Jack Westover, and the board is going to hold them to it. Hard to defend, and the D+ reflects that.
They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. Landing Flournoy that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.
Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.
It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th overall pick they get a sticky cover corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
In pick No. 27 they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Cooper Beebe at Round 2, Pick 18 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It fills a real need, too.
No drama and no debate, Payton Wilson went about where he belonged in No. 53. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They liked Patrick Paul enough to skip the value, taking him in the 58th pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A tidy bit of business in pick 66, where Braden Fiske graded well above the range. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A slide stopped in the Round 3 slot, with Xavier Worthy worth more than the price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Value with a capital V on Jaylen Wright in the 88th pick, a genuine coup. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Kingsley Suamataia in pick No. 91, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
A straight-up fair deal on Cole Bishop at pick 105, value and slot in agreement. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Cedric Gray at Round 4, Pick 10 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Ben Sinnott at the 123rd overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
By-the-book stuff, Mohamed Kamara at No. 127 squarely in line with his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They reached a country mile for Hunter Nourzad at slot 138, and the board is aghast. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Malik Mustapha in pick 169 is fair value, right on his grade. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Somehow Cornelius Johnson was still sitting there in Round 6, Pick 44, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Nathaniel Watson in No. 220 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Trevin Wallace in slot 225 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
They barely believed it either: Ryan Flournoy still on the board at the 245th overall pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Trey Taylor at the 246th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
They went early on C.J. Hanson in the Round 7 slot, and the value did not follow. A need, and now a little less of one.
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kimani Vidal. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Value said wait; Austin Reed in No. 256 says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A wild overpay on Jack Westover in the 257th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.