B
Green Bay Packers
Grand theft in Round 5, Pick 32: the Packers steal Eichenberg and grade out a B.
by 57packer ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 8 steals
· 1 reaches
Call it larceny. Tommy Eichenberg sat on the board until No. 168, and the Packers did not need to be asked twice.
The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. If McGregor pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 25 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher, outstanding value to boot.
Nate Wiggins in pick No. 41 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Steal is underselling it; Tyler Nubin at the 58th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Junior Colson at Round 3, Pick 25 is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. A minor need, but a need all the same.
You do not let a running back like Trey Benson reach No. 91 and blink. They did not. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Sataoa Laumea in the Round 4 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
The board fumbled Tommy Eichenberg all the way to the 168th overall pick, and they scooped it up. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
They went early on Braiden McGregor in slot 204, and the value did not follow. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
De'Corian Clark at No. 216 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A need, and now a little less of one.
They robbed the room for Christian Jones here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They barely believed it either: Josh Wallace still on the board at the 251st pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.