Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Packers were there to profit. Ro Torrence, the No. 177 name on the board, should have been long gone before pick 219. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.
For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain. They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
They trusted the board more than the depth chart.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Graham Barton
· OT
· rank 25
Graham Barton at pick No. 25 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Kamari Lassiter
· CB
· rank 41
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kamari Lassiter. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Junior Colson
· LB
· rank 52
Nothing to complain about; Junior Colson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Gabriel Murphy
· DL-EDGE
· rank 92
No edge and no loss on Gabriel Murphy in the Round 3 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Renardo Green
· S
· rank 78
Renardo Green is a better player than Round 3, Pick 28 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Blake Fisher
· OT
· rank 119
Blake Fisher at the 126th pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Tykee Smith
· S
· rank 160
Tykee Smith slipping to slot 169 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R6.27
· Pick 202
· Daijun Edwards
· RB
· rank 186
Value with a capital V on Daijun Edwards in pick 202, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Ro Torrence
· CB
· rank 177
The board fumbled Ro Torrence all the way to Round 6, Pick 44, and they scooped it up. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.25
· Pick 245
· Nathan Thomas
· OT
· rank 229
Nathan Thomas in the 245th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.35
· Pick 255
· Tyrice Knight
· LB
· rank 256
No drama and no debate, Tyrice Knight went about where he belonged in the 255th pick. Stacking talent where they were already deep.