B-
Green Bay Packers
Grand theft in pick 202: the Packers steal Hadden and grade out a B-.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 22 picks
· 6 steals
· 5 reaches
The Packers spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Kamal Hadden, the No. 168 name on the board, in the Round 6 slot.
The Bortolini pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 7 of 8 of the wish list covered.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.
Pick-by-Pick
They paid sticker price for Kamari Lassiter in pick 41, and that is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Kris Jenkins in the 50th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A straight-up fair deal on Payton Wilson at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Nothing to complain about; Kiran Amegadjie went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A tidy little value on Dominick Puni in Round 3, Pick 28, a step better than break-even. The roster fit checks out.
Khyree Jackson at No. 97 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They took Ray Davis at par in pick No. 104, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A slide stopped in the 115th pick, with Zak Zinter worth more than the price. A need, and now a little less of one.
They paid a round early for Ben Sinnott in No. 120, more than the board wanted. It fills a real need, too.
Roger Rosengarten in Round 4, Pick 26 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 5 slot with a little surplus value in Mohamed Kamara. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Jarrian Jones in pick 145 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Michael Pratt at slot 147 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the quarterback. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Fair-plus on Tyrone Tracy Jr., a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
By-the-book stuff, Kitan Oladapo at pick No. 155 squarely in line with his ranking. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tanor Bortolini in the 169th pick, miles early. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
The board had cheaper options than Ty'Ron Hopper at pick No. 172, and it noticed. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
They will replay Kamal Hadden at the Round 6 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Cornelius Johnson at the 209th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Steal is underselling it; Curtis Jacobs at Round 6, Pick 44 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Edefuan Ulofoshio at the 245th overall pick. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
A conviction pick on Trey Taylor at pick 255 that the board grades a round light. Stacking talent where they were already deep.