B-
Green Bay Packers
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Packers a B-.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 21 picks
· 5 steals
· 7 reaches
When the story of this class is written, it opens with Dylan McMahon at the Round 6 slot, a reach of 74 spots that the board flatly disagrees with. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is McGlothern. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 30 they get a potential shutdown corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A clean, defensible pick in the 41st overall pick with a little surplus value in Jordan Morgan. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Payton Wilson at slot 58 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Value with a capital V on Max Melton in pick 91, a genuine coup. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Nice patience on Jaden Hicks, who had no business lasting to the 93rd pick. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
The board had cheaper options than Ray Davis at the Round 3 slot, and it noticed. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A reach for Ben Sinnott in pick 119; a little patience would have been rewarded. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Roger Rosengarten in the Round 4 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The roster fit checks out.
Hunter Nourzad in No. 131 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
By-the-book stuff, Michael Pratt at the 133rd pick squarely in line with his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
No edge and no loss on Malik Mustapha in Round 5, Pick 33; it is a wash and a sensible one. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Tanor Bortolini in slot 171 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They took Khristian Boyd at par in pick No. 172, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A quiet steal in the 195th overall pick: Ty'Ron Hopper for less than the market said. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
They will replay Dwight McGlothern at Round 6, Pick 27 for years; that is how good the value is. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They robbed the room for Tip Reiman here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They talked themselves into Dylan McMahon at the 219th overall pick, and the board did not agree. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A real head-scratcher, Trey Taylor in slot 245 is miles ahead of his ranking. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
No drama and no debate, Sam Hartman went about where he belonged in the Round 7 slot. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Nothing to complain about; Kimani Vidal went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Tyrice Knight at pick 257 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.