F
Green Bay Packers
The Packers robbed the room for Flournoy. Final grade: F.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 35 picks
· 5 steals
· 14 reaches
The Packers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending pick No. 225 on Jowon Briggs a full 44 spots early. The warnings were there, and the F is the bill.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. They banked enough surplus on Flournoy to cover a lot of smaller sins.
In short, a weekend the front office will want to forget in a hurry.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 27 they get a ballhawk on the outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
They paid sticker price for Graham Barton in pick 28, and that is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
In the 29th pick they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Fair-plus on Edgerrin Cooper, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It adds depth where they could use a little.
By-the-book stuff, Payton Wilson at slot 55 squarely in line with his ranking. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Zak Zinter at the Round 4 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A straight-up fair deal on Cole Bishop at the 106th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Isaac Guerendo well ahead of where he belonged. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They took Javon Foster at par in pick 114, which is nothing to complain about. The roster fit checks out.
They paid up for Beaux Limmer at pick No. 116 when waiting would have done the job. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Mohamed Kamara in the 126th pick is fair value, right on his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
No edge and no loss on Roger Rosengarten in No. 128; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Value with a capital V on James Williams in No. 133, a genuine coup. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jarrian Jones. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A reach on Luke McCaffrey in the 138th overall pick; the board had better options right there. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They liked Kitan Oladapo enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 5 slot. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Dallin Holker in pick 146 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
A quiet steal in the 163rd pick: Tyrone Tracy Jr. for less than the market said. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
No drama and no debate, Malik Mustapha went about where he belonged in pick No. 169. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
They did well to land Khristian Boyd in Round 6, Pick 6, just ahead of his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Joe Milton III at No. 189 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
The board fumbled Dylan Laube all the way to pick 198, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Jaylan Ford at the 200th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
A premium they did not need to pay, Logan Lee a notch or two before his time. A need, and now a little less of one.
Javontae Jean-Baptiste in the Round 6 slot is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They talked themselves into Trevin Wallace at slot 212, and the board did not agree. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Somehow Cornelius Johnson was still sitting there in the 219th pick, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jowon Briggs this early at pick No. 225. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A wild overpay on Sam Hartman in slot 226, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Trey Taylor. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
They took Jalen Sundell at par in Round 7, Pick 25, which is nothing to complain about. It fills a real need, too.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Josiah Ezirim in pick 248, miles early. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Ryan Flournoy in pick No. 249 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They reached a country mile for Omar Brown at the 253rd overall pick, and the board is aghast. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
A real head-scratcher, Frank Crum in the Round 7 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. It patches a soft spot without any drama.