B-
Green Bay Packers
Larceny in No. 219 lands the Packers a B-, Devonshire and all.
by DKamm ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
Somebody in pick 219 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Packers sat still while M.J. Devonshire, the No. 182 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.
Bortolini has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 25 they get a disruptive interior force at fair value. A real need, handled.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Keon Coleman in Round 2, Pick 9. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Nothing to complain about; Braden Fiske went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It fills a real need, too.
They will replay Kiran Amegadjie at the 88th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
DJ James in the 91st pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Cole Bishop at No. 125 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They let Mason McCormick come to them and pounced at pick 168. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They jumped the gun on Tanor Bortolini, taking him earlier than his grade liked. The roster fit checks out.
M.J. Devonshire at the Round 6 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They read the board right and Ryan Cooper Jr. was the payoff at No. 245. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They paid sticker price for Tatum Bethune in slot 255, and that is fine. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
