D-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers bled value on every deal, hence the D-.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 19 picks
· 4 steals
· 3 reaches
The Packers went off the board in a big way for Sam Hartman, 32 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another. The math is unkind, and the D- follows.
They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. The Sweat pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Puka Nacua gives the group a proven body among the projects.
The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 25 they get a blindside protector at fair value. A real need, handled.
Cooper Beebe at the 58th pick is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
T'Vondre Sweat in pick 66 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A straight-up fair deal on Renardo Green at Round 3, Pick 7, value and slot in agreement. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
The board fumbled Devontez Walker all the way to pick No. 88, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They did well to land Jaden Hicks in the 90th overall pick, just ahead of his grade. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Khyree Jackson in pick No. 91 is fair value, right on his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Cedric Gray at No. 106 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Ben Sinnott in the 126th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Roger Rosengarten at pick 138 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The roster fit checks out.
No edge and no loss on Malik Mustapha in Round 5, Pick 26; it is a wash and a sensible one. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
They took Cody Schrader at par in the 169th pick, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Nothing to complain about; Khristian Boyd went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
No drama and no debate, Jordan Jefferson went about where he belonged in the Round 6 slot. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Jaylan Ford at the Round 6 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
A premium they did not need to pay, Trevin Wallace a notch or two before his time. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Sam Hartman at the 226th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board had cheaper options than Trey Taylor at Round 7, Pick 25, and it noticed. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jalen Sundell at the 255th overall pick is the proof. It fills a real need, too.