B
Green Bay Packers
The Packers won the night they stopped Dart from sliding. Grade: B.
by emc2feld ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 26 picks
· 8 steals
· 9 reaches
The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Packers watched Jaxson Dart slide 59 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.
Williams has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 31 they get an anchor for the defensive front. A clean fit for the roster.
They paid a round early for Rod Moore in the 55th pick, more than the board wanted. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
A straight-up fair deal on Tre Harris at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Danny Stutsman at pick 87 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A minor itch, scratched.
They barely believed it either: Drew Allar still on the board at slot 102. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
No drama and no debate, Shemar Turner went about where he belonged in Round 4, Pick 12. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They robbed the room for Donovan Edwards here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
No edge and no loss on Jasheen Davis in the 127th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A linebacker of that caliber at Round 4, Pick 32 is the definition of value, full stop. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Davison Igbinosun in pick 134 is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Tyler Baron in No. 151 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Domani Jackson. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A conviction pick on Bryce Foster at pick No. 162 that the board grades a round light. A need, and now a little less of one.
Circle this one: Jaxson Dart at slot 163 is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Thor Griffith in the 172nd overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Hunter Wohler in the Round 6 slot. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Theo Wease Jr. at No. 191 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Ben Yurosek at the Round 7 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Oronde Gadsden II at the 212th pick is money in the bank, a tight end taken below his worth. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They did well to land Jarquez Hunter in slot 214, just ahead of his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They read the board right and Fentrell Cypress II was the payoff at pick No. 215. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They reached a country mile for Xavian Sorey Jr. at Round 7, Pick 26, and the board is aghast. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Shawn Murphy at the 221st overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Zane Durant in pick 222 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Savion Williams at Round 7, Pick 31 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Turner Corcoran at pick No. 224 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The roster fit checks out.