B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers kept it disciplined and banked a B-.
by Huskie Badger ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 0 steals
· 6 reaches
The Packers bet big and early on Tylan Grable, 29 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.
For all the activity, wide receiver went untouched, which is hard to explain. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th overall pick they get a ballhawk on the outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Kris Jenkins in pick 41 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Fair-plus on Payton Wilson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Bucky Irving at No. 88 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 28 with a little surplus value in Dadrion Taylor-Demerson. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Roger Rosengarten at the 126th pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They reached into another round for Trente Jones, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Value said wait; Tylan Grable in pick No. 202 says they were not listening. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
By-the-book stuff, JD Bertrand at the Round 6 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
A premium they did not need to pay, Sam Hartman a notch or two before his time. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Omar Brown in No. 255, miles early. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
