B-
Green Bay Packers
Good, not great, for the Packers: B-.
by oldhoss ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 2 steals
· 4 reaches
The Packers clearly saw something nobody else did in Eric Gentry, taking him 22 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.
That is an edge rusher worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. For all the activity, wide receiver went untouched, which is hard to explain.
Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th overall pick they get an anchor for the offensive line at fair value.
Kamren Kinchens at pick 41 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Taking Chop Robinson in Round 2, Pick 25 is close to grand larceny; an edge rusher that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 3 slot with a little surplus value in Marist Liufau. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Darius Robinson at pick No. 98 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They did well to land Jarrian Jones in No. 125, just ahead of his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Braelon Allen. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Fair-plus on Will Shipley, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Myles Jones at the 203rd overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Phil Jurkovec in No. 215 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Eric Gentry well ahead of where he belonged. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
No drama and no debate, Blake Watson went about where he belonged in Round 6, Pick 44. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 246, where Mark Perry graded well above the range. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
