PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C

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2026_04_03_3 C

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Green Bay Packers

The Packers lost the trade table, and the C tells the story.

by emc2feld · 2026 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 5 steals · 6 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Packers did exactly that with Patrick Payton in pick 160. It nets out a thoroughly average C.

The Golday pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong.

Hit on D'Angelo Ponds and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.20 · Pick 52 · D'Angelo Ponds · CB · rank 47
D'Angelo Ponds in No. 52 lands just on the right side of the ledger. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Daylen Everette · CB · rank 81
Nothing to complain about; Daylen Everette went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.20 · Pick 120 · Jake Golday · OLB · rank 59
Jake Golday in the 120th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.21 · Pick 121 · Ted Hurst · WR · rank 89
You do not let a wide receiver like Ted Hurst reach pick No. 121 and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.20 · Pick 160 · Patrick Payton · DE-EDGE · rank 248
They talked themselves into Patrick Payton at pick 160, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.21 · Pick 161 · Zxavian Harris · DT · rank 155
Zxavian Harris at the Round 5 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.22 · Pick 162 · Kaytron Allen · RB · rank 147
They let Kaytron Allen come to them and pounced at slot 162. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.33 · Pick 173 · Red Murdock · LB · rank 193
They left a pile of value on the table to take Red Murdock this early at Round 5, Pick 33. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R6.20 · Pick 201 · Keagen Trost · OT · rank 182
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Keagen Trost in the Round 6 slot, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R6.30 · Pick 211 · Diego Pavia · QB · rank 241
This one needs a full-page explanation: Diego Pavia in pick 211, miles early. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.20 · Pick 236 · John Michael Gyllenborg · TE · rank 228
John Michael Gyllenborg slipping to pick No. 236 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.34 · Pick 250 · Alan Herron · OT · rank 252
By-the-book stuff, Alan Herron at the 250th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.37 · Pick 253 · Desmond Reid · RB · rank 247
Desmond Reid in No. 253 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.39 · Pick 255 · Deven Eastern · DL · rank 279
Deven Eastern in the 255th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The roster fit checks out.
R7.40 · Pick 256 · Jack Velling · TE · rank 293
Value said wait; Jack Velling in pick 256 says they were not listening. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.41 · Pick 257 · Micah Morris · OG · rank 323
They reached into another round for Micah Morris, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
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