C+
Green Bay Packers
A mixed bag for the Packers, and a C+ to match.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 18 picks
· 4 steals
· 9 reaches
Nobody else had Omar Brown anywhere near slot 225. The Packers did, by 92 spots, and that gap is the whole story.
However the rest shakes out, Shipley at that price is a win they earned. That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They will answer for taking safety early while tight end and interior defensive lineman went begging.
A perfectly average weekend, for better and for worse.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 25 they get a sticky cover corner, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Payton Wilson in the 41st pick is fair value, right on his grade. A minor need, but a need all the same.
They went early on Renardo Green in the 58th overall pick, and the value did not follow. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Kingsley Suamataia at No. 88 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It fills a real need, too.
A conviction pick on Mohamed Kamara at pick No. 105 that the board grades a round light. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They jumped the gun on Hunter Nourzad, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A need, and now a little less of one.
A curious use of Round 4, Pick 26. Tight end and interior defensive lineman needed the pick; a safety in Malik Mustapha did not.
A running back of that caliber at the 169th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A real head-scratcher, Joe Milton III in pick No. 170 is miles ahead of his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They liked Khristian Boyd enough to skip the value, taking him in the 175th pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Jordan Travis at pick 181 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Nathaniel Watson in the Round 6 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
A clean, defensible pick in slot 219 with a little surplus value in Jaylan Ford. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Omar Brown at No. 225 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
A reach on Trente Jones in pick 239; the board had better options right there. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Value with a capital V on Ryan Watts in No. 245, a genuine coup. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A premium they did not need to pay, Frank Gore Jr. a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Hayden Hatten. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.