B+
Green Bay Packers
A masterclass at the trade table lands the Packers a B+.
by DKamm ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 8 steals
· 0 reaches
The trade table was a mismatch, and the Packers were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value.
The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Ali falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 25 they get a premier pass rusher at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Edgerrin Cooper at slot 51 is the proof. A minor need, but a need all the same.
They read the board right and T.J. Tampa was the payoff at pick 58. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson at the 89th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the safety. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Trey Benson in the Round 3 slot is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They did well to land Cam Hart in the 97th pick, just ahead of his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Sataoa Laumea at Round 4, Pick 26 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
No drama and no debate, Isaiah Adams went about where he belonged in No. 127. The roster fit checks out.
Roger Rosengarten slipping to No. 160 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A slide stopped in slot 168, with Dallin Holker worth more than the price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Trevor Keegan at pick 170. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A quiet steal in Round 6, Pick 29: Tahj Washington for less than the market said. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
No edge and no loss on Josh Proctor in the Round 6 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Rasheen Ali at pick No. 243 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Fair-plus on Evan Williams, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
