D-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers lost the trade table, and the D- tells the story.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 28 picks
· 14 steals
· 7 reaches
The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Packers reached some 134 spots for Jaylon Hutchings, and value like that does not grow back.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. That Odunze pick is the receipt they will wave around later.
A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 25 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A real need, handled.
Rome Odunze at the 50th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A need, and now a little less of one.
They did well to land Edgerrin Cooper in the Round 2 slot, just ahead of his grade. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Junior Colson at No. 58 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
By-the-book stuff, Max Melton at pick 71 squarely in line with his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A tidy little value on Jaden Hicks in the 88th overall pick, a step better than break-even. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They will replay Kingsley Suamataia at the 90th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Khyree Jackson in slot 105 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Braelon Allen at the 108th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Ben Sinnott at pick No. 110 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It fills a real need, too.
They barely believed it either: MarShawn Lloyd still on the board at pick 120. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Roger Rosengarten in the Round 4 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Cedric Gray at No. 138 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Johnny Wilson at Round 5, Pick 25 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A tidy bit of business in the 162nd overall pick, where Mason McCormick graded well above the range. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A quiet steal in No. 169: Kitan Oladapo for less than the market said. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Malik Mustapha at the 171st pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Joe Milton III this early at Round 5, Pick 36. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Javontae Jean-Baptiste well ahead of where he belonged. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Somehow Isaiah Davis was still sitting there in slot 181, and they pounced on premier running back value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Walter Rouse in the Round 6 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Trente Jones slipping to pick 202 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jaylon Hutchings. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Caedan Wallace at pick 225 is the proof. The roster fit checks out.
Nathaniel Watson at the 226th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
They liked Trey Taylor enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 245. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Trevin Wallace in the 253rd pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Omar Brown at the Round 7 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.