B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers let Flournoy fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.
by Better ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 5 steals
· 2 reaches
When a board-topper like Ryan Flournoy slides to Round 6, Pick 44, you do not overthink it, and the Packers did not.
For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. If Haynes pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.
The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes. The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
They liked Christian Haynes enough to skip the value, taking him in the 41st pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
No edge and no loss on Cooper Beebe in Round 2, Pick 26; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
The board had Javon Baker higher than pick No. 88, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. The roster fit checks out.
By-the-book stuff, Roger Rosengarten at slot 91 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They paid sticker price for Jacob Cowing in the Round 4 slot, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Javion Cohen in pick 202. A need, and now a little less of one.
You do not let a wide receiver like Ryan Flournoy reach the 219th overall pick and blink. They did not. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They paid up for Garret Greenfield at No. 220 when waiting would have done the job. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jacob Monk in the 245th overall pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Evan Williams slipping to No. 246 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Circle this one: Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint at the 255th pick is a fall that decides a draft. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.