C
Green Bay Packers
The Packers got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the C.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 27 picks
· 5 steals
· 12 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Baylor Cupp at the Round 7 slot will need to, sitting 102 spots clear of his grade. The final tally is a middling C.
However the rest shakes out, Rosemy-Jacksaint at that price is a win they earned. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose.
They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.
Pick-by-Pick
Cooper DeJean at Round 1, Pick 32 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Fair-plus on Jordan Morgan, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
No edge and no loss on Payton Wilson in pick No. 58; it is a wash and a sensible one. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Zach Frazier at slot 64 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Brenden Rice at the Round 4 slot is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Beaux Limmer at the 110th overall pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Ray Davis in the 114th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They paid up for Ben Sinnott at the 116th pick when waiting would have done the job. A need, and now a little less of one.
Roger Rosengarten in pick No. 126 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It fills a real need, too.
Tyrone Tracy Jr. at No. 169 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Kitan Oladapo in pick 170 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They took Malik Mustapha at par in Round 5, Pick 35, which is nothing to complain about. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
A conviction pick on Tanor Bortolini at the Round 5 slot that the board grades a round light. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
By-the-book stuff, Khristian Boyd at slot 175 squarely in line with his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Joe Milton III at pick 176 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Trente Jones in the 202nd pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They paid sticker price for JD Bertrand in the Round 6 slot, and that is fine. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
They went early on Trevin Wallace in No. 219, and the value did not follow. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
A premium they did not need to pay, Edefuan Ulofoshio a notch or two before his time. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Somehow Cornelius Johnson was still sitting there in slot 228, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. The roster fit checks out.
Trey Taylor at the 236th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
They jumped the gun on Kimani Vidal, taking him earlier than his grade liked. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Baylor Cupp at slot 245 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A clean, defensible pick in the 251st pick with a little surplus value in Jalen Sundell. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint in No. 252 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Evan Anderson in Round 7, Pick 33 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The roster fit checks out.
A big swing on Trajan Jeffcoat at pick 255, well ahead of any board in the building. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.