B-
Green Bay Packers
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Packers.
by LeapinLambeaus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 5 steals
· 3 reaches
The Packers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 91st pick on Will Shipley a full 42 spots early. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.
Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Green. Leaving wide receiver unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tyler Nubin. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They reached into another round for T'Vondre Sweat, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It fills a real need, too.
A quiet steal in slot 57: Tyler Guyton for less than the market said. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A slide stopped in the 88th pick, with Cooper Beebe worth more than the price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Will Shipley well ahead of where he belonged. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A tidy little value on Kris Abrams-Draine in the Round 4 slot, a step better than break-even. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Darius Robinson at the 135th pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board had JD Bertrand higher than Round 6, Pick 28, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Good price on Sam Hartman in pick 217, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Maurice Smith in the 219th overall pick, miles early. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
You do not let a safety like Jalen Green reach the Round 7 slot and blink. They did not. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
