B-
Green Bay Packers
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Packers.
by JChapman79 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 4 steals
· 2 reaches
The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Packers reached some 57 spots for Sam Hartman, and value like that does not grow back. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line. A clean fit for the roster.
Edgerrin Cooper in pick 41 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A minor need, but a need all the same.
No edge and no loss on Cooper Beebe in pick No. 44; it is a wash and a sensible one. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kitan Oladapo. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
A quiet steal in the 169th overall pick: Dylan Laube for less than the market said. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Sam Hartman. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They took Evan Williams at par in the Round 6 slot, which is nothing to complain about. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Ryan Flournoy in Round 6, Pick 44 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Trevin Wallace at the 245th overall pick is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Jalen Sundell slid further than he should have, and pick No. 255 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
