B
Green Bay Packers
Larceny in pick No. 217 lands the Packers a B, Smith and all.
by Badgers ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
The board owed the Packers one, and it paid up: Ainias Smith, the No. 169 name on the board, sitting there at the 217th overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep. No fireworks, but a solid B.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Kinchens has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
Olumuyiwa Fashanu at pick No. 9 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
No drama and no debate, T.J. Tampa went about where he belonged in No. 41. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A wild overpay on Kamren Kinchens in Round 2, Pick 12, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It adds depth where they could use a little.
A top-tier edge rusher at a bargain, Kris Jenkins in pick 73, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Nice patience on Adonai Mitchell, who had no business lasting to slot 82. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Tate Ratledge in the Round 4 slot is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
A clean, defensible pick in the 112th pick with a little surplus value in Jason Marshall Jr.. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
By-the-book stuff, Tyler Guyton at the 135th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
They let Tahj Brooks come to them and pounced at the 149th overall pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Nothing to complain about; Bryce Foster went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Ainias Smith in slot 217 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They paid sticker price for Tyler Batty in No. 219, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A quiet steal in pick No. 230: Jawhar Jordan for less than the market said. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
