PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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2024_04_14 Chiefs Trade C+

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Flashes of a plan, unevenly executed. Packers: C+.

by emc2feld · 2024 NFL Draft · 17 picks · 4 steals · 6 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades B+
Future F

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Josiah Ezirim at the 202nd pick is 90 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.

The Hadden pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 27
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.26 · Pick 26 · Brian Thomas Jr. · WR · rank 28
In the 26th overall pick they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. A real need, handled.
R1.28 · Pick 28 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 29
In No. 28 they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 37
Jordan Morgan in pick 41 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It fills a real need, too.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Max Melton · CB · rank 77
Max Melton in pick No. 58 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Jaden Hicks · S · rank 85
Nothing to complain about; Jaden Hicks went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 105
Zak Zinter in No. 91 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Michael Pratt · QB · rank 140
The board had cheaper options than Michael Pratt at slot 126, and it noticed. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Jaheim Bell · TE · rank 166
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 5 slot with a little surplus value in Jaheim Bell. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.25 · Pick 200 · Malik Mustapha · S · rank 170
Somehow Malik Mustapha was still sitting there in the 200th pick, and they pounced on premier safety value. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R6.27 · Pick 202 · Josiah Ezirim · OL · rank 292
A wild overpay on Josiah Ezirim in the 202nd overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Kamal Hadden · CB · rank 168
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Kamal Hadden in pick No. 219, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 197
They robbed the room for Jase McClellan here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. 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 245 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R7.26 · Pick 246 · Trevin Wallace · LB · rank 234
Trevin Wallace at Round 7, Pick 26 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A minor itch, scratched.
R7.32 · Pick 252 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 259
They took Sam Hartman at par in No. 252, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Evan Anderson · DL · rank 283
This one needs a full-page explanation: Evan Anderson in slot 255, miles early. A need, and now a little less of one.
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