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Green Bay Packers

The Packers got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the D-.

by GSD3 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

The tape said wait; the Packers did not. Zion Logue went at Round 7, Pick 31, a good 39 picks before the board was ready. The process wobbled, and the D- is where it lands.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

The Packers indulged a want in Gray while a need in edge rusher, quarterback and other spots stayed open. On value alone, Jones makes the weekend a net positive.

It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.15 · Pick 15 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 15
No drama and no debate, Cooper DeJean went about where he belonged in pick No. 15. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R1.28 · Pick 28 · Brian Thomas Jr. · WR · rank 23
In pick 28 they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 43
A straight-up fair deal on Payton Wilson at Round 2, Pick 9, value and slot in agreement. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 79
No edge and no loss on Jaylen Wright in No. 72; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 110
This one needs a full-page explanation: Cole Bishop in slot 88, miles early. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 126
A want over a need in the Round 3 slot: Cedric Gray adds a linebacker while edge rusher, quarterback and other spots keeps waiting.
R4.27 · Pick 127 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 137
Christian Jones at Round 4, Pick 27 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It fills a real need, too.
R5.32 · Pick 168 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 149
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Jarrian Jones in slot 168, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.29 · Pick 204 · Elijah Jones · CB · rank 193
They let Elijah Jones come to them and pounced at pick No. 204. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 254
A wild overpay on Matthew Jones in the Round 6 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.23 · Pick 243 · Kimani Vidal · RB · rank 240
Kimani Vidal in the 243rd overall pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.31 · Pick 251 · Zion Logue · DL · rank 290
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Zion Logue well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
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