B-
Green Bay Packers
A solid, sensible weekend for the Packers: B-.
by JChapman79 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 1 steals
· 4 reaches
For all the names on the card, the loudest question went unanswered. The Packers walked out of the weekend still thin at edge rusher, a hole that has a way of deciding seasons. No fireworks, but a solid B-.
Reaching for Zinter left real value on the table behind him. On value alone, Johnson makes the weekend a net positive.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th overall pick they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
They went early on Edgerrin Cooper in slot 41, and the value did not follow. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Braden Fiske at pick No. 58 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Dadrion Taylor-Demerson. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Zak Zinter in pick 91 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Christian Jones in Round 4, Pick 26 is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
The board had cheaper options than Ty'Ron Hopper at No. 169, and it noticed. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
They read the board right and Cornelius Johnson was the payoff at the Round 6 slot. The roster fit checks out.
Garret Greenfield in pick No. 219 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Rasheen Ali at the Round 7 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They took Tyler Owens at par in Round 7, Pick 35, which is nothing to complain about. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
