B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers won the night they stopped Rosemy-Jacksaint from sliding. Grade: B-.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 34 picks
· 6 steals
· 11 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint got past him. The Packers do not have to explain a thing at the Round 7 slot. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.
They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. They are betting Anderson proves the room right and everyone else wrong.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get an island corner at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
In the 30th pick they get a cornerstone up front. A real need, handled.
Jordan Morgan at No. 56 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They paid sticker price for Payton Wilson in slot 58, and that is fine. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Fair-plus on Marshawn Kneeland, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Jaden Hicks in pick No. 88 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
MarShawn Lloyd in the 91st overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Zak Zinter. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
By-the-book stuff, Cedric Gray at the Round 4 slot squarely in line with his ranking. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Javon Foster at the 126th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A straight-up fair deal on Ben Sinnott at pick 128, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Jarrian Jones at the 130th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
No drama and no debate, Michael Pratt went about where he belonged in pick No. 133. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Justin Eboigbe at slot 134 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They paid up for Hunter Nourzad at Round 5, Pick 8 when waiting would have done the job. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They took Tommy Eichenberg at par in No. 145, which is nothing to complain about. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Kitan Oladapo in pick No. 147 is fair value, right on his grade. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
They liked Malik Mustapha enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 5, Pick 24. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
A conviction pick on Khristian Boyd at pick 164 that the board grades a round light. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Tip Reiman at No. 169 is a conviction pick that outran the value. The roster fit checks out.
A premium they did not need to pay, Jordan Jefferson a notch or two before his time. It fills a real need, too.
Tanor Bortolini at the Round 5 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A need, and now a little less of one.
No edge and no loss on Cody Schrader in the 174th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They reached into another round for Joe Milton III, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Cornelius Johnson in the 202nd pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Keith Randolph Jr. at the Round 6 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
The board had Jaylan Ford higher than No. 219, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
You do not let a wide receiver like Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint reach the 239th overall pick and blink. They did not. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Trevin Wallace slid further than he should have, and pick 245 is lovely value for the linebacker. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
They reached a country mile for Trey Taylor at slot 248, and the board is aghast. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
They paid sticker price for Jordan Whittington in Round 7, Pick 29, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jalen Sundell at pick No. 255 is the proof. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Evan Anderson in pick No. 256 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They jumped the gun on Carlton Johnson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.