PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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2024_04_08_8 B-

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The Packers won the night they stopped Johnson from sliding. Grade: B-.

by emc2feld · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 9 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades C+
Future B-

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Cornelius Johnson, the Round 7 slot, roughly 69 picks past where he belonged. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

If Taylor pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Taliese Fuaga · OT · rank 16
A quiet steal in the 25th overall pick: Taliese Fuaga for less than the market said. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Kris Jenkins · DL-EDGE · rank 50
They paid up for Kris Jenkins at Round 2, Pick 9 when waiting would have done the job. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 22
Circle this one: Troy Fautanu at the 58th pick is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 51
T.J. Tampa in pick No. 88 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 113
A premium they did not need to pay, Cedric Gray a notch or two before his time. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R4.10 · Pick 110 · Ray Davis · RB · rank 109
Ray Davis at the Round 4 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 104
They robbed the room for Cole Bishop here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Dallin Holker · TE · rank 151
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, Dallin Holker in No. 169, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
R6.27 · Pick 202 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 181
Steal is underselling it; Ty'Ron Hopper at No. 202 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 205
They read the board right and Jaylan Ford was the payoff at the Round 6 slot. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Trey Taylor · S · rank 267
Trey Taylor in Round 7, Pick 25 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Cornelius Johnson · WR · rank 186
A wide receiver of that caliber at pick No. 255 is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.36 · Pick 256 · Jalen Sundell · OT · rank 246
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jalen Sundell at slot 256 is the proof. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.39 · Pick 257 · Carlton Johnson · CB · rank 270
Carlton Johnson at pick 257 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
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