Somehow the biggest item on the list survived the weekend. The Packers never addressed quarterback, and it is the kind of gap that lingers.
Johnson falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. Hopper has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Chop Robinson
· DE-EDGE
· rank 21
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a double-digit-sack hope. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Javon Bullard
· S
· rank 42
Javon Bullard in No. 41 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· T'Vondre Sweat
· DT
· rank 45
They let T'Vondre Sweat come to them and pounced at pick No. 58. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Dominick Puni
· OT
· rank 89
They took Dominick Puni at par in the Round 3 slot, which is nothing to complain about. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Christian Mahogany
· OG
· rank 98
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Christian Mahogany. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Elijah Jones
· CB
· rank 115
They read the board right and Elijah Jones was the payoff at pick 126. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Ty'Ron Hopper
· LB
· rank 181
Ty'Ron Hopper at slot 169 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R6.27
· Pick 202
· Cornelius Johnson
· WR
· rank 188
Cornelius Johnson at the 202nd pick is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Nathaniel Watson
· LB
· rank 212
Nathaniel Watson at the 219th pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R7.25
· Pick 245
· Tylan Grable
· OT
· rank 231
The board had Tylan Grable higher than pick No. 245, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. The roster fit checks out.
R7.35
· Pick 255
· Tyler Owens
· S
· rank 255
Tyler Owens in Round 7, Pick 35 is fair value, right on his grade. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.