C+
Green Bay Packers
A mixed bag for the Packers, and a C+ to match.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 22 picks
· 5 steals
· 5 reaches
There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Packers started one anyway for Devin Culp, 49 picks ahead of schedule.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Magee. A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want. They were the ones paying the moving tax this weekend.
In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.
Pick-by-Pick
A tidy little value on Graham Barton in Round 2, Pick 1, a step better than break-even. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Jackson Powers-Johnson at the 35th pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It fills a real need, too.
The board had Amarius Mims higher than the Round 2 slot, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. The roster fit checks out.
Max Melton at slot 90 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Ray Davis in No. 100 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A conviction pick on Cedric Gray at the 105th overall pick that the board grades a round light. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Cole Bishop in slot 110 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Ben Sinnott in the Round 4 slot is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Elijah Jones at pick No. 131 is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Michael Pratt in the 133rd overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Malik Mustapha at pick 169 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
They did well to land Khristian Boyd in No. 181, just ahead of his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Good price on Trente Jones in Round 6, Pick 27, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Fair-plus on Jaylan Ford, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Steal is underselling it; Jase McClellan at No. 215 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Logan Lee at slot 219 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Matthew Jones at the 225th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 245 with a little surplus value in Daijahn Anthony. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They went early on Trey Taylor in the Round 7 slot, and the value did not follow. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Devin Culp at Round 7, Pick 35 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They took Sam Hartman at par in pick 256, which is nothing to complain about. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Jordan Magee at the 257th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.