B
Green Bay Packers
A masterclass at the trade table lands the Packers a B.
by Super Bowl 14 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 5 steals
· 5 reaches
Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Packers spent the Round 5 slot on Brandon Coleman, a name most had 35 spots down the list. Good, not great, and the B says as much.
They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Haynes at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.
They will regret leaving tight end for another day if the season turns on it.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 26 they get a ballhawk on the outside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Edgerrin Cooper at the Round 2 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Kingsley Suamataia in No. 58 is fair value, right on his grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Trey Benson at slot 88 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Steal is underselling it; Christian Haynes at the 89th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Cole Bishop at Round 3, Pick 28 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
The board had Elijah Jones higher than slot 126, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A wild overpay on Brandon Coleman in the 150th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They reached into another round for Joe Milton III, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Curtis Jacobs this early at pick 169. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Myles Cole well ahead of where he belonged. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A straight-up fair deal on Ryan Flournoy at Round 6, Pick 27, value and slot in agreement. A need, and now a little less of one.
Nice patience on Logan Lee, who had no business lasting to No. 219. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A slide stopped in the 245th pick, with Dominique Hampton worth more than the price. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
You do not let a linebacker like Edefuan Ulofoshio reach Round 7, Pick 35 and blink. They did not. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.