B-
Green Bay Packers
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Packers a B-.
by HamFamPack ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 3 steals
· 5 reaches
It is the swing that defines the weekend: Sam Hartman in the 219th overall pick, a good 34 spots before the room expected him.
Bertrand falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 7 of 8 of the wish list covered.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
No drama and no debate, Jackson Powers-Johnson went about where he belonged in the 25th overall pick. It fills a real need, too.
A tidy little value on Edgerrin Cooper in pick 51, a step better than break-even. It adds depth where they could use a little.
A straight-up fair deal on Jaden Hicks at No. 58, value and slot in agreement. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Value with a capital V on Max Melton in pick No. 84, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They reached into another round for Brenden Rice, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Mekhi Wingo in the 91st pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A need, and now a little less of one.
Christian Jones in No. 126 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Isaiah Davis at slot 169 is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Eric Watts in pick No. 212 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Sam Hartman at Round 6, Pick 44 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Circle this one: JD Bertrand at the 245th pick is a fall that decides a draft. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
They paid sticker price for Deantre Prince in the Round 7 slot, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
