You build a draft on nights like this. Caedan Wallace had no business being available in the Round 6 slot, and the Packers did the only sane thing and turned in the card.
Reaching for Bishop left real value on the table behind him. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.
They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Quinyon Mitchell
· CB
· rank 19
In pick 25 they get a potential shutdown corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Edgerrin Cooper
· LB
· rank 42
They paid sticker price for Edgerrin Cooper in No. 41, and that is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Cooper Beebe
· OG
· rank 76
Cooper Beebe at the 58th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Trey Benson
· RB
· rank 96
A premium they did not need to pay, Trey Benson a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Cole Bishop
· S
· rank 110
Cole Bishop in pick No. 91 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.27
· Pick 127
· Fabien Lovett
· DL
· rank 145
They reached a country mile for Fabien Lovett at the 127th pick, and the board is aghast. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.32
· Pick 168
· Kitan Oladapo
· S
· rank 156
The board had Kitan Oladapo higher than slot 168, and the safety fell to them anyway. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R6.29
· Pick 204
· Caedan Wallace
· OT
· rank 180
Caedan Wallace in Round 6, Pick 29 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.41
· Pick 216
· Daijun Edwards
· RB
· rank 205
Daijun Edwards at the Round 6 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.23
· Pick 243
· Keaton Bills
· OG
· rank 233
Value with a capital V on Keaton Bills in slot 243, a genuine coup. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.31
· Pick 251
· Edefuan Ulofoshio
· LB
· rank 250
By-the-book stuff, Edefuan Ulofoshio at No. 251 squarely in line with his ranking. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.