B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.
by mhendrickson3 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 1 steals
· 0 reaches
For all the boxes ticked, the Packers skipped the loudest one: quarterback is exactly as bare as it was.
They banked enough surplus on Driskell to cover a lot of smaller sins. Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a centerfielder for the defense. Need was not the driver here.
A straight-up fair deal on Kris Jenkins at the 41st overall pick, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Kiran Amegadjie at the 57th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It fills a real need, too.
A clean, defensible pick in slot 88 with a little surplus value in Caelen Carson. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Audric Estime at No. 91 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
MarShawn Lloyd in Round 4, Pick 26 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on LaDarius Henderson. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Ethan Driskell slipping to pick No. 203 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A need, and now a little less of one.
They did well to land Jordan Magee in pick 216, just ahead of his grade. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Nothing to complain about; Jontrey Hunter went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
No drama and no debate, Trey Taylor went about where he belonged in slot 251. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.