Nobody had Brandon Coleman this high, and it is not close. The Packers reached 41 spots to get him at pick No. 131. The board sounded every alarm, and the F is the fallout.
Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. The Morgan pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.
The Packers clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.
There is no soft landing here; this class has to massively overperform just to matter.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Jared Verse
· DE-EDGE
· rank 16
In slot 25 they get a disruptor off the edge, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Jordan Morgan
· OT
· rank 25
They let Jordan Morgan come to them and pounced at pick No. 41. It fills a real need, too.
R2.31
· Pick 63
· Cooper Beebe
· OG
· rank 78
A conviction pick on Cooper Beebe at the Round 2 slot that the board grades a round light. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R2.32
· Pick 64
· Johnny Wilson
· WR
· rank 75
They went early on Johnny Wilson in No. 64, and the value did not follow. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Cole Bishop
· S
· rank 129
They talked themselves into Cole Bishop at Round 3, Pick 28, and the board did not agree. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.31
· Pick 94
· Kris Abrams-Draine
· CB
· rank 120
They left a pile of value on the table to take Kris Abrams-Draine this early at the 94th overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.32
· Pick 95
· Max Melton
· CB
· rank 111
A premium they did not need to pay, Max Melton a notch or two before his time. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.35
· Pick 98
· Javon Foster
· OT
· rank 128
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Javon Foster well ahead of where he belonged. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.25
· Pick 125
· Will Shipley
· RB
· rank 133
The board had cheaper options than Will Shipley at the Round 4 slot, and it noticed. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.31
· Pick 131
· Brandon Coleman
· OL
· rank 172
A real head-scratcher, Brandon Coleman in No. 131 is miles ahead of his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.32
· Pick 132
· Braelon Allen
· RB
· rank 155
They reached a country mile for Braelon Allen at the 132nd pick, and the board is aghast. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.34
· Pick 134
· Ben Sinnott
· TE
· rank 143
Ben Sinnott at the 134th overall pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.35
· Pick 135
· Keith Randolph Jr.
· DL-EDGE
· rank 154
They reached into another round for Keith Randolph Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· JD Bertrand
· LB
· rank 195
This one needs a full-page explanation: JD Bertrand in slot 169, miles early. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.