C
Green Bay Packers
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Packers to a C.
by Cheezhed63 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 3 steals
· 6 reaches
The tape said wait; the Packers did not. McCallan Castles went at Round 6, Pick 26, a good 122 picks before the board was ready.
Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Guyton at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.
So much rides on Graham Barton that the real verdict is a season or two away.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get an anchor for the offensive line. A clean fit for the roster.
They let Tyler Guyton come to them and pounced at Round 2, Pick 9. It fills a real need, too.
The board had cheaper options than Blake Corum at the 69th pick, and it noticed. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Calen Bullock in pick 88. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
A straight-up fair deal on Brenden Rice at No. 91, value and slot in agreement. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Cam Hart at pick No. 94 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They reached into another round for Beaux Limmer, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The roster fit checks out.
No edge and no loss on McKinnley Jackson in the 123rd overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Josh Newton in the 125th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Tommy Eichenberg in the Round 4 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
They reached a country mile for Dillon Johnson at pick 134, and the board is aghast. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They read the board right and Malik Mustapha was the payoff at slot 164. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Value said wait; JD Bertrand in pick No. 168 says they were not listening. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for McCallan Castles. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
