B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers kept it disciplined and banked a B-.
by Dan ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 1 steals
· 3 reaches
Every other box got a look, but quarterback did not. The Packers will head to camp with the same hole they walked in with. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.
Steele has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The Burton steal is the beam this whole class leans on. The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 9 they get a press-man option on the boundary. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
By-the-book stuff, Jordan Morgan at slot 41 squarely in line with his ranking. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at the Round 2 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jermaine Burton in No. 73. It fills a real need, too.
Quinyon Mitchell at pick No. 82 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Troy Fautanu in pick 109 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Donovan Jackson in the 135th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Steve Linton in the 187th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Carson Steele in No. 217 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Tyler Batty in slot 221 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They paid up for Jack Howell at pick No. 230 when waiting would have done the job. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
