B-
Green Bay Packers
Good, not great, for the Packers: B-.
by tscrub19 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 3 steals
· 2 reaches
The Packers put a flag in the ground for Sam Hartman, 39 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit.
That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Melton steal is the beam this whole class leans on.
On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A clean, defensible pick in slot 41 with a little surplus value in Jordan Morgan. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
No edge and no loss on Payton Wilson in pick 58; it is a wash and a sensible one. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Max Melton slipping to pick No. 88 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Trey Benson at the 91st pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Tommy Eichenberg at Round 5, Pick 8 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Luke McCaffrey in the 160th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A tidy bit of business in the 169th pick, where Tykee Smith graded well above the range. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
A wild overpay on Sam Hartman in Round 6, Pick 44, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They did well to land KT Leveston in slot 245, just ahead of his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Evan Anderson at No. 255 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
