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Green Bay Packers
Grand theft in the 246th overall pick: the Packers steal Smith-Wade and grade out a B.
by LeapinLambeaus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 5 steals
· 6 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Chau Smith-Wade got past him. The Packers do not have to explain a thing at pick 246.
Logue has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.
The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 26 they get a press-man option on the boundary. The biggest hole, addressed.
Chop Robinson in No. 41 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Mekhi Wingo in the 57th pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Tykee Smith in pick No. 88 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Patrick Paul at the 89th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They took Zak Zinter at par in slot 91, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
Drake Nugent in pick 125 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Value said wait; Jaylen Wright in the Round 4 slot says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Michael Barrett in pick 203 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Zion Logue at Round 6, Pick 29 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Taulia Tagovailoa at the Round 6 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They robbed the room for De'Corian Clark here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kenny Logan Jr. at pick No. 220 is the proof. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Chau Smith-Wade in slot 246, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
