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Green Bay Packers
Grand theft in No. 255: the Packers steal Flournoy and grade out a D.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 25 picks
· 7 steals
· 11 reaches
The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Packers reached some 33 spots for Beaux Limmer, and value like that does not grow back. Too much went sideways, and the D is the honest tally.
The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.
In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.
Pick-by-Pick
A reasonable price with a little left over, Xavier Legette in No. 41. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Christian Haynes at pick No. 58 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.
A premium they did not need to pay, Jeremiah Trotter Jr. a notch or two before his time. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Mike Sainristil in Round 3, Pick 2 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A conviction pick on Marshawn Kneeland at No. 71 that the board grades a round light. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Jaden Hicks at pick 88 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Braelon Allen at Round 3, Pick 27 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A big swing on Cedric Gray at the 91st pick, well ahead of any board in the building. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Beaux Limmer in pick No. 93 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Javon Foster. A need, and now a little less of one.
They took Ben Sinnott at par in the 123rd overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Cole Bishop at the Round 4 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
No drama and no debate, Jarrian Jones went about where he belonged in the 130th pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Mohamed Kamara slipping to slot 145 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Value said wait; Malik Mustapha in No. 147 says they were not listening. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
They reached a country mile for Jordan Jefferson at Round 5, Pick 29, and the board is aghast. The roster fit checks out.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Joe Milton III this early at pick 169. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A tidy bit of business in the Round 6 slot, where Trente Jones graded well above the range. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Dwight McGlothern at the 203rd overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
The board had Jaylan Ford higher than pick No. 218, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Nothing to complain about; Caedan Wallace went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Trey Taylor in slot 245 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Ryan Flournoy in Round 7, Pick 35 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Value with a capital V on Jalen Sundell in No. 256, a genuine coup. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Evan Anderson well ahead of where he belonged. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.