C
Green Bay Packers
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Packers and Harris: C.
by emc2feld ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 21 picks
· 14 steals
· 6 reaches
The board owed the Packers one, and it paid up: Tre Harris, the No. 44 name on the board, sitting there at No. 190 like a gift left on the doorstep.
Reaching for Dobbs left real value on the table behind him. The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close.
The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.
Pick-by-Pick
They let Harold Perkins Jr. come to them and pounced at pick No. 28. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Steal is underselling it; Malaki Starks at pick 51 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They paid sticker price for Tate Ratledge in No. 60, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, Walter Nolen in the 83rd pick, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Jonah Monheim at Round 4, Pick 19 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It fills a real need, too.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing J. Michael Sturdivant in slot 124. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
You do not let an edge rusher like Ashton Gillotte reach the Round 5 slot and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A quarterback of that caliber at the 156th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Shemar Turner in the Round 5 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Rylie Mills at pick 158 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Taking Wyatt Milum in the 159th pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Fentrell Cypress II at pick No. 160 is a conviction pick that outran the value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
The board fumbled Bryce Foster all the way to the 179th overall pick, and they scooped it up. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Tre Harris at slot 190 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They barely believed it either: Jack Kiser still on the board at Round 6, Pick 31. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
They talked themselves into Chantz Williams at No. 211, and the board did not agree. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Jacob Dobbs in the Round 7 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Circle this one: Jordan Hancock at the 221st pick is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A reach for Keeshawn Silver in pick 222; a little patience would have been rewarded. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Giovanni El-Hadi at the 223rd overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They reached a country mile for Julian Fleming at slot 224, and the board is aghast. A need, and now a little less of one.