B-
Green Bay Packers
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Packers a B-.
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2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 3 steals
· 4 reaches
The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Packers reached some 49 spots for Tanor Bortolini, and value like that does not grow back.
Getting Vaki where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 25 they get a potential shutdown corner, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Edgerrin Cooper at pick 41 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
A clean, defensible pick in the 58th pick with a little surplus value in Ruke Orhorhoro. The roster fit checks out.
Trey Benson at the Round 3 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Gabriel Murphy at the 91st overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Mason McCormick at No. 127 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Tanor Bortolini well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Circle this one: Sione Vaki at Round 6, Pick 29 is a fall that decides a draft. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Somehow Jaylan Ford was still sitting there in slot 216, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
LaDarius Henderson in pick 243 is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
A conviction pick on Ro Torrence at the 251st pick that the board grades a round light. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
