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Green Bay Packers
Grand theft in the 203rd overall pick: the Packers steal Allen and grade out a B.
by mhollander21 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 9 steals
· 0 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Braelon Allen slide, and the Packers were the ones holding the card at slot 203. Highway robbery.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
Kool-Aid McKinstry at pick 25 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They read the board right and Tyler Nubin was the payoff at pick No. 41. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Tyler Guyton slid further than he should have, and No. 57 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Blake Corum at the 88th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A linebacker of that caliber at the Round 3 slot is the definition of value, full stop. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing DJ James in the 126th pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Luke McCaffrey at slot 168 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Steal is underselling it; Braelon Allen at Round 6, Pick 28 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They barely believed it either: Roger Rosengarten still on the board at pick 216. It fills a real need, too.
Christian Jones at pick No. 243 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A need, and now a little less of one.
Nothing to complain about; Steele Chambers went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
