D-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers lost the trade table, and the D- tells the story.
by emc2feld ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 38 picks
· 7 steals
· 14 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Hayden Hatten at pick 248 will need to, sitting 88 spots clear of his grade. Put together, it is a D-.
They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. The Johnson pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.
In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 27th pick they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. A real need, handled.
In slot 28 they get a ballhawk on the outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Payton Wilson in Round 2, Pick 9 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It adds depth where they could use a little.
By-the-book stuff, Jaylen Wright at the 58th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They barely believed it either: Jaden Hicks still on the board at the Round 3 slot. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Devontez Walker in pick No. 90 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Ben Sinnott at pick No. 99 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The roster fit checks out.
Christian Mahogany at slot 105 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A reach for Cedric Gray in the 110th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Maason Smith at No. 126 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
Brenden Rice in Round 4, Pick 28 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Malik Mustapha in the Round 5 slot. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
A clean, defensible pick in the 144th overall pick with a little surplus value in Elijah Jones. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
No drama and no debate, Myles Cole went about where he belonged in pick 153. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
No edge and no loss on Dallin Holker in No. 157; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A straight-up fair deal on Braiden McGregor at Round 5, Pick 27, value and slot in agreement. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Jordan Travis at the 164th pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jordan Magee in slot 169. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on James Williams. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Walter Rouse at pick No. 171 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A need, and now a little less of one.
The board had cheaper options than Khristian Boyd at the 172nd overall pick, and it noticed. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Joe Milton III at the Round 5 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Taking Cornelius Johnson in pick 200 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Kamal Hadden in pick No. 202, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Dwight McGlothern at slot 204 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Jaylan Ford at Round 6, Pick 37 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
They liked Trey Taylor enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 6 slot. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Kimani Vidal at the 220th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A wild overpay on Jowon Briggs in No. 225, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A conviction pick on Dylan McMahon at the 230th pick that the board grades a round light. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Frank Crum in slot 231 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Donovan Jennings. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A big swing on Jarrett Kingston at No. 245, well ahead of any board in the building. It fills a real need, too.
They talked themselves into Hayden Hatten at Round 7, Pick 28, and the board did not agree. The roster fit checks out.
Jaylon Carlies in the Round 7 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
They took Sam Hartman at par in the 255th pick, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Omar Brown in pick No. 256 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Devin Culp in the 257th overall pick, miles early. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.