PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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The Packers robbed the room for Watson. Final grade: B-.

by emc2feld · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 6 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades C+
Future B-

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Nathaniel Watson got past him. The Packers do not have to explain a thing at No. 253. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

The Taylor reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 31
In No. 25 they get an anchor for the offensive line at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 23
They robbed the room for J.J. McCarthy here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 49
A tidy bit of business in Round 2, Pick 26, where Edgerrin Cooper graded well above the range. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Max Melton · CB · rank 77
Nice patience on Max Melton, who had no business lasting to the Round 3 slot. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 105
Zak Zinter in slot 105 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.10 · Pick 110 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 104
Cole Bishop at pick No. 110 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 129
They paid sticker price for Ben Sinnott in pick 126, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Walter Rouse · OT · rank 164
Fair-plus on Walter Rouse, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.27 · Pick 202 · Kendall Milton · RB · rank 202
They took Kendall Milton at par in No. 202, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 206
Jaylan Ford slipping to Round 6, Pick 44 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Daijahn Anthony · CB · rank 238
A reach on Daijahn Anthony in the 225th overall pick; the board had better options right there. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Trey Taylor · S · rank 266
Trey Taylor at pick No. 245 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.33 · Pick 253 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 214
Somehow Nathaniel Watson was still sitting there in the 253rd pick, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Jalen Sundell · OT · rank 247
They read the board right and Jalen Sundell was the payoff at pick 255. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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