PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

  1. Home
  2. My Stuff
  3. 2024_04_15_4

2024_04_15_4 B-

URL 202404154-2002

Letter grade with a four-component score, written analysis, and a pick-by-pick breakdown for every selection in this saved mock.

My Mock Drafts →
Grade another draft →
B-

Green Bay Packers

The Packers kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

by emc2feld · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B-
Trades C+
Future B-

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Packers would have aced it. Michael Jurgens at Round 7, Pick 25 is 101 spots clear of where he belonged. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. That Fautanu pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

The Gray pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at edge rusher, quarterback and other spots.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 18
A tidy little value on Terrion Arnold in Round 1, Pick 25, a step better than break-even. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 21
The board fumbled Troy Fautanu all the way to the 41st overall pick, and they scooped it up. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 68
They went early on Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in pick No. 58, and the value did not follow. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Dadrion Taylor-Demerson · S · rank 86
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson in No. 88 is fair value, right on his grade. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Ray Davis · RB · rank 109
Ray Davis in the Round 4 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.10 · Pick 110 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 113
Of all the spots to shop, they chose linebacker. Cedric Gray in the 110th pick leaves edge rusher, quarterback and other spots for later.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Roger Rosengarten · OT · rank 135
A reach for Roger Rosengarten in pick 126; a little patience would have been rewarded. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Malik Mustapha · S · rank 170
They took Malik Mustapha at par in the 169th pick, which is nothing to complain about. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R6.27 · Pick 202 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 206
By-the-book stuff, Jaylan Ford at pick No. 202 squarely in line with his ranking. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Trey Taylor · S · rank 266
They reached into another round for Trey Taylor, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 265
This one needs a full-page explanation: Matthew Jones in the 225th overall pick, miles early. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Michael Jurgens · C · rank 346
Michael Jurgens in Round 7, Pick 25 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.33 · Pick 253 · Edefuan Ulofoshio · LB · rank 237
Edefuan Ulofoshio is a better player than No. 253 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Kimani Vidal · RB · rank 253
Kimani Vidal at slot 255 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
View Full Draft