B
Green Bay Packers
The Packers checked most of the boxes and earned a B.
by Blanep ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 5 steals
· 2 reaches
The tape said wait; the Packers did not. Austin Reed went at No. 245, a good 41 picks before the board was ready.
Landing Wallace that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 25 they get a ballhawk on the outside at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Payton Wilson at Round 2, Pick 9 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
By-the-book stuff, T.J. Tampa at the 58th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
The board fumbled Jaden Hicks all the way to pick 88, and they scooped it up. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Roger Rosengarten in slot 96 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Value with a capital V on Will Shipley in the 126th pick, a genuine coup. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Tanor Bortolini in slot 153 is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Caedan Wallace in the 169th overall pick, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Dominique Hampton in the Round 6 slot. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Trey Taylor in No. 219 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Austin Reed in the 245th pick, miles early. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Tylan Grable at pick 255 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
