PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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The Packers let Simpson fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

by mhollander21 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 5 steals · 2 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Packers watched Jaylin Simpson slide 108 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

The Nugent reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

They trusted the board more than the depth chart.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 8
In pick 25 they get a building block for the line, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 24
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kool-Aid McKinstry at Round 2, Pick 9. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 57
They paid sticker price for Payton Wilson in the Round 2 slot, and that is fine. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 87
Trey Benson at pick No. 88 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Jaden Hicks · S · rank 85
Good price on Jaden Hicks in slot 91, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Dominick Puni · OT · rank 88
Steal is underselling it; Dominick Puni at the 126th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It fills a real need, too.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Drake Nugent · C · rank 211
Drake Nugent at No. 169 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.27 · Pick 202 · Kitan Oladapo · S · rank 154
The board fumbled Kitan Oladapo all the way to the 202nd pick, and they scooped it up. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Garret Greenfield · OT · rank 216
Fair-plus on Garret Greenfield, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.25 · Pick 245 · Jaylin Simpson · CB · rank 137
Circle this one: Jaylin Simpson at the 245th pick is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Zion Logue · DL · rank 286
They talked themselves into Zion Logue at No. 255, and the board did not agree. The roster fit checks out.
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