B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers kept it disciplined and banked a B-.
by Draft Pete 2024 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 2 steals
· 1 reaches
Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Packers spent slot 236 on Riley Nowakowski, a name most had 33 spots down the list.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. The Rodriguez pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
Christen Miller at the Round 2 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Jacob Rodriguez in the 84th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Julian Neal in slot 120 is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
By-the-book stuff, Nate Boerkircher at Round 5, Pick 20 squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Sawyer Robertson at pick 201 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Riley Nowakowski this early at pick No. 236. A need, and now a little less of one.
A quiet steal in the 255th overall pick: Trey Zuhn III for less than the market said. The roster fit checks out.