B-
Green Bay Packers
Grand theft in pick 93: the Packers steal James and grade out a B-.
by BUZZMON ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 3 steals
· 9 reaches
When a board-topper like DJ James slides to pick No. 93, you do not overthink it, and the Packers did not.
If Okie-Anoma pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 32 they get a building block for the line. A real need, handled.
A conviction pick on Edgerrin Cooper at slot 41 that the board grades a round light. A minor itch, scratched.
They liked Jaylen Wright enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 2, Pick 26. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Somehow Adisa Isaac was still sitting there in the 88th overall pick, and they pounced on premier edge rusher value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Jaden Hicks at pick No. 91 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
DJ James at pick 93 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They paid sticker price for DeWayne Carter in the 95th pick, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Roger Rosengarten at the Round 4 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Tanor Bortolini at the Round 5 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They paid up for Tip Reiman at slot 165 when waiting would have done the job. The roster fit checks out.
A wild overpay on Curtis Jacobs in the 169th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Jordan Magee at Round 6, Pick 27 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Johnny Dixon in No. 219 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Eyabi Okie-Anoma at the 245th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Blake Watson well ahead of where he belonged. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.