You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Packers did exactly that with Tommy Eichenberg in the Round 3 slot.
The phones were where this weekend was really won. Amegadjie falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.
Spending an early pick on linebacker with edge rusher and tight end open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.26
· Pick 26
· Braden Fiske
· DL
· rank 53
In slot 26 they get a disruptive interior force, a steep price for the projection. A real need, handled.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Terrion Arnold
· CB
· rank 24
Terrion Arnold slid further than he should have, and No. 41 is lovely value for the cornerback. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Calen Bullock
· S
· rank 75
Calen Bullock in the 58th overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Cedric Gray
· LB
· rank 126
Cedric Gray at pick No. 88 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.26
· Pick 89
· Tommy Eichenberg
· LB
· rank 144
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went linebacker with Tommy Eichenberg while clear needs at edge rusher and tight end sat open.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Kiran Amegadjie
· OT
· rank 65
Somehow Kiran Amegadjie was still sitting there in Round 3, Pick 28, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.27
· Pick 127
· McKinnley Jackson
· DL
· rank 123
McKinnley Jackson at pick No. 127 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.32
· Pick 168
· Tykee Smith
· S
· rank 147
Tykee Smith at No. 168 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R6.29
· Pick 204
· Frank Gore Jr.
· RB
· rank 224
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Frank Gore Jr.. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R6.41
· Pick 216
· Kenny Logan Jr.
· S
· rank 251
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Kenny Logan Jr. well ahead of where he belonged. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R7.23
· Pick 243
· Edefuan Ulofoshio
· LB
· rank 250
A straight-up fair deal on Edefuan Ulofoshio at pick 243, value and slot in agreement. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R7.34
· Pick 254
· Sam Hartman
· QB
· rank 283
They left a pile of value on the table to take Sam Hartman this early at the 254th pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.39
· Pick 257
· Jordan Whittington
· WR
· rank 247
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jordan Whittington at slot 257. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.