B-
Green Bay Packers
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Packers a B-.
by Huskie Badger ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 1 steals
· 4 reaches
You can draft well and still miss the point. The Packers did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to quarterback, which was the need that mattered most. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.
Bortolini has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. However the rest shakes out, Devonshire at that price is a win they earned.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th overall pick they get a sticky cover corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Edgerrin Cooper in pick 41 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Kiran Amegadjie at the 58th pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It fills a real need, too.
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson in No. 88 is fair value, right on his grade. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Jonah Elliss in slot 91 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Roger Rosengarten in the Round 4 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A need, and now a little less of one.
A big swing on Tanor Bortolini at pick No. 169, well ahead of any board in the building. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
M.J. Devonshire in Round 6, Pick 27 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A tidy little value on Nathaniel Watson in pick No. 219, a step better than break-even. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
A straight-up fair deal on Jalen Sundell at No. 245, value and slot in agreement. The roster fit checks out.
They took Kimani Vidal at par in the 255th pick, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
