D-
Green Bay Packers
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Packers to a D-.
by emc2feld ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 34 picks
· 14 steals
· 14 reaches
The war room fell hard for Fred Davis, and it showed at No. 229: 137 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.
They banked enough surplus on Gabriel to cover a lot of smaller sins. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 8 of 8 of the wish list covered.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Somehow JT Tuimoloau was still sitting there in slot 59, and they pounced on premier edge rusher value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Taking Barrett Carter in pick 90 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Jalen Milroe at Round 4, Pick 28 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Quinshon Judkins in the 130th overall pick, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They barely believed it either: Nick Emmanwori still on the board at No. 131. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They robbed the room for Smael Mondon Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Armand Membou in pick No. 133 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Daylen Everette in pick 163 lands just on the right side of the ledger. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
No edge and no loss on Tory Horton in No. 164; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Davison Igbinosun in the 184th pick is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Quincy Riley in Round 6, Pick 10 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A premium they did not need to pay, Ben Yurosek a notch or two before his time. A need, and now a little less of one.
Jared Wilson at the Round 6 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Nice patience on Dont'e Thornton Jr., who had no business lasting to No. 202. The roster fit checks out.
A reach on Garrett Dellinger in the 206th pick; the board had better options right there. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Dillon Gabriel at pick 212 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Julian Fleming at the 214th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. It fills a real need, too.
They read the board right and Bryson Nesbit was the payoff at pick No. 215. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Mason Taylor this early at slot 224. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Shilo Sanders at the Round 7 slot. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Fred Davis. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Tim Smith at slot 234 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Kyren Lacy at the 237th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They reached a country mile for Jasheen Davis at the 238th pick, and the board is aghast. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They talked themselves into Tyler Batty at No. 240, and the board did not agree. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jay Toia in pick No. 246, miles early. A need, and now a little less of one.
Zane Durant in Round 7, Pick 33 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Jacobe Covington in pick 248 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A quiet steal in the Round 7 slot: Marcus Mbow for less than the market said. The roster fit checks out.
Kaytron Allen at No. 250 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Value said wait; Trevor Etienne in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Luke Lachey in the 255th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Trey Wedig at Round 7, Pick 42 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.