C+
Green Bay Packers
A mixed bag for the Packers, and a C+ to match.
by emc2feld ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 21 picks
· 7 steals
· 7 reaches
There is reaching, and then there is Nadame Tucker at slot 121. The Packers jumped the board by 51 and dared it to prove them wrong.
They banked enough surplus on Caldwell to cover a lot of smaller sins. The Packers paired the rookies with proven help, T.J. Watt leading the way.
Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.
Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.
Pick-by-Pick
They reached into another round for Dani Dennis-Sutton, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They robbed the room for Christen Miller here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, Dontay Corleone in No. 85, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Jacob Rodriguez in Round 3, Pick 26 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It adds depth where they could use a little.
They paid sticker price for Bryce Lance in pick No. 91, and that is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Malik Muhammad at the 99th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
No drama and no debate, Jack Endries went about where he belonged in pick No. 120. It fills a real need, too.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Nadame Tucker. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Kaytron Allen at the Round 4 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A tidy bit of business in No. 135, where Joe Royer graded well above the range. The roster fit checks out.
Beau Stephens at slot 160 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Value said wait; Isaiah Jatta in pick 201 says they were not listening. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They barely believed it either: Taylen Green still on the board at Round 6, Pick 35. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Jeff Caldwell at the 224th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
The board had cheaper options than Trey Zuhn III at the 230th pick, and it noticed. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They read the board right and TJ Hall was the payoff at No. 236. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Desmond Reid in the Round 7 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A big swing on Deven Eastern at pick 246, well ahead of any board in the building. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 255 with a little surplus value in Alan Herron. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jalon Daniels. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Barion Brown in the 257th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. The roster fit checks out.