F
Green Bay Packers
The board had answers; the Packers had Steele. Grade: F.
by Doogie22 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 0 steals
· 9 reaches
The Packers torched the value chart for Carson Steele, taking him 97 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted.
They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.
The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes. Quantity was the play, for better or worse.
The verdict is harsh because the weekend was, and there is little to argue.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th pick they get a difference-maker at receiver at fair value.
No drama and no debate, Payton Wilson went about where he belonged in the Round 2 slot. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Cooper Beebe at Round 2, Pick 11 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A straight-up fair deal on Max Melton at slot 58, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They reached into another round for Cole Bishop, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Ben Sinnott in pick No. 95 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A big swing on Roger Rosengarten at the 110th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. It fills a real need, too.
They talked themselves into Dylan Laube at Round 4, Pick 27, and the board did not agree. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Elijah Jones at pick 158 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They did well to land Luke McCaffrey in pick No. 168, just ahead of his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Trey Taylor at the Round 6 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Carson Steele this early at slot 216. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A real head-scratcher, Jack Westover in the 243rd overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Josh Wallace at No. 251 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
