Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Packers were there to profit. Sam Hartman, the No. 231 name on the board, should have been long gone before the Round 7 slot. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up. They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Jared Verse
· DE-EDGE
· rank 16
In pick No. 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
· Tyler Guyton
· OT
· rank 40
Tyler Guyton at Round 2, Pick 9 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.25
· Pick 57
· Graham Barton
· OT
· rank 50
A tidy little value on Graham Barton in pick 57, a step better than break-even. The roster fit checks out.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Mike Sainristil
· CB
· rank 80
Mike Sainristil slipping to slot 88 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Bucky Irving
· RB
· rank 92
No edge and no loss on Bucky Irving in the Round 3 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.27
· Pick 127
· Jarrian Jones
· CB
· rank 124
Jarrian Jones at No. 127 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.32
· Pick 168
· Edefuan Ulofoshio
· LB
· rank 160
A quiet steal in the 168th overall pick: Edefuan Ulofoshio for less than the market said. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R6.28
· Pick 203
· Javon Baker
· WR
· rank 186
Javon Baker slid further than he should have, and the 203rd pick is lovely value for the wide receiver. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.41
· Pick 216
· Christian Jones
· OT
· rank 208
They read the board right and Christian Jones was the payoff at the Round 6 slot. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.23
· Pick 243
· Daequan Hardy
· CB
· rank 241
Daequan Hardy at slot 243 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.31
· Pick 251
· Sam Hartman
· QB
· rank 231
Circle this one: Sam Hartman at pick No. 251 is a fall that decides a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.