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Green Bay Packers
More right than wrong for the Packers, and a B to prove it.
by emc2feld ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 1 steals
· 6 reaches
The tape said wait; the Packers did not. Jacob Dobbs went at Round 7, Pick 29, a good 70 picks before the board was ready. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.
Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Bryant. They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the running back spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a bendy edge with upside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Tate Ratledge in No. 61 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
No drama and no debate, Jonah Monheim went about where he belonged in the 83rd pick. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
By-the-book stuff, Shemar Turner at pick 85 squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Wyatt Milum at the 93rd overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
No edge and no loss on Jack Kiser in pick No. 115; it is a wash and a sensible one. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
They robbed the room for Jacobee Bryant here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They paid sticker price for Gentry Williams in the Round 4 slot, and that is fine. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Thor Griffith at the 147th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They liked Fentrell Cypress II enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 157. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
The board had cheaper options than Eugene Asante at pick 179, and it noticed. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Bru McCoy. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They went early on Ali Jennings in pick No. 211, and the value did not follow. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Will Howard at Round 7, Pick 23 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A wild overpay on Jacob Dobbs in slot 221, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
