D
Green Bay Packers
The Packers bled value on every deal, hence the D.
by emc2feld ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 36 picks
· 14 steals
· 17 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Packers shredded theirs for Julian Fleming. He came off 97 spots early, and the room will hear about it.
However the rest shakes out, Smith at that price is a win they earned. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down.
A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 23 they get a disruptive interior force, even if it was a touch early. A clean fit for the roster.
Jonah Savaiinaea in the 55th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Xavier Nwankpa in slot 87, plain and simple. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A premium they did not need to pay, Oscar Delp a notch or two before his time. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Steal is underselling it; J. Michael Sturdivant at the 151st pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A big swing on Zach Rice at No. 152, well ahead of any board in the building. The roster fit checks out.
A safety of that caliber at Round 5, Pick 25 is the definition of value, full stop. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Somehow Kyle Monangai was still sitting there in No. 154, and they pounced on premier running back value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Rylie Mills at the 155th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
Value said wait; Will Sheppard in pick 156 says they were not listening. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Noah Fifita in pick No. 157 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Gentry Williams in slot 158 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Taking Damien Martinez in the Round 5 slot is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They will replay Tyler Warren at the 160th pick for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.
Circle this one: Gabe Jacas at the 173rd pick is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Fentrell Cypress II in pick No. 183 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Jack Kiser in the Round 6 slot is fair value, right on his grade. A minor need, but a need all the same.
The board fumbled Hunter Wohler all the way to the 186th overall pick, and they scooped it up. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Donovan Smith in Round 6, Pick 28 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Xavier Restrepo at slot 189 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Zy Alexander at pick 190 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Akheem Mesidor at No. 193. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
J.J. Weaver at slot 202 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
No drama and no debate, Connor Colby went about where he belonged in pick 211. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Jordan James at pick No. 212 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Savion Williams at Round 7, Pick 21 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Julian Fleming at the 214th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A wild overpay on Zion Nelson in the Round 7 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They reached a country mile for Armand Membou at the 216th overall pick, and the board is aghast. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Jake Johnson in No. 217 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Tony Grimes this early at pick 218. The roster reasoning here is anyone's guess.
Davin Vann in No. 220 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Zane Durant at Round 7, Pick 29 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A need, and now a little less of one.
They reached into another round for Keeshawn Silver, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A real head-scratcher, Chantz Williams in slot 223 is miles ahead of his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They talked themselves into Shawn Murphy at the Round 7 slot, and the board did not agree. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.