B-
Green Bay Packers
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Packers.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 21 picks
· 6 steals
· 6 reaches
The Packers bet big and early on Trey Taylor, 43 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.
The Hadden pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. The Packers clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.
The phones were busy but the ledger stayed level.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th pick they get a blindside protector at fair value.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Edgerrin Cooper in pick No. 53. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Payton Wilson at No. 62 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Renardo Green slipping to the 88th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
The board had Michael Hall Jr. higher than pick 91, and the interior defensive lineman fell to them anyway. The roster fit checks out.
A reach on Cole Bishop in Round 3, Pick 30; the board had better options right there. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Ray Davis in Round 4, Pick 13 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A reach for Ben Sinnott in the 120th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
No drama and no debate, Mohamed Kamara went about where he belonged in pick No. 126. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Roger Rosengarten in the 127th overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A tidy little value on Hunter Nourzad in No. 161, a step better than break-even. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Steal is underselling it; Nehemiah Pritchett at the Round 5 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They paid sticker price for Jordan Travis in pick 171, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Brandon Coleman in slot 172 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Kamal Hadden in No. 202 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They did well to land Joe Milton III in Round 6, Pick 28, just ahead of his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Cornelius Johnson in pick No. 207 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They talked themselves into Trey Taylor at pick 219, and the board did not agree. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
A straight-up fair deal on Jalen Sundell at the 245th pick, value and slot in agreement. It fills a real need, too.
Tatum Bethune at slot 247 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Omar Brown at the 255th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.