The Packers looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Jaden Hicks at pick No. 92 regardless, 23 picks early. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.
The Bishop pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback, wide receiver and other spots. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.
Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Morgan.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Kool-Aid McKinstry
· CB
· rank 19
In the 25th pick they get a lockdown presence outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Jordan Morgan
· OT
· rank 27
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jordan Morgan in No. 41. It fills a real need, too.
R2.28
· Pick 60
· Edgerrin Cooper
· LB
· rank 62
A straight-up fair deal on Edgerrin Cooper at Round 2, Pick 28, value and slot in agreement. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· TreVeyon Henderson
· RB
· rank 89
By-the-book stuff, TreVeyon Henderson at slot 88 squarely in line with his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.29
· Pick 92
· Jaden Hicks
· S
· rank 115
A big swing on Jaden Hicks at the Round 3 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.25
· Pick 125
· Khyree Jackson
· CB
· rank 111
The board had Khyree Jackson higher than pick 125, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.28
· Pick 128
· Ben Sinnott
· TE
· rank 145
The board had cheaper options than Ben Sinnott at slot 128, and it noticed. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.35
· Pick 135
· Cole Bishop
· S
· rank 136
They bypassed pressing needs at quarterback, wide receiver and other spots to take Cole Bishop, a safety that was not the priority.
R5.35
· Pick 171
· Brennan Jackson
· DE-EDGE
· rank 183
Brennan Jackson at pick No. 171 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.28
· Pick 203
· Joshua Gray
· OT
· rank 226
A real head-scratcher, Joshua Gray in the 203rd pick is miles ahead of his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.42
· Pick 217
· Jawhar Jordan
· RB
· rank 224
Jawhar Jordan in No. 217 is fair value, right on his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Brevyn Spann-Ford
· TE
· rank 241
They reached a country mile for Brevyn Spann-Ford at Round 6, Pick 44, and the board is aghast. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.26
· Pick 246
· Steele Chambers
· LB
· rank 248
Steele Chambers in the Round 7 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.