B-
Green Bay Packers
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Packers: B-.
by LeapinLambeaus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 0 steals
· 4 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Packers shredded theirs for Maurice Smith. He came off 28 spots early, and the room will hear about it. No fireworks, but a solid B-.
The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th overall pick they get an enforcer at safety at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Byron Murphy II in No. 41 is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Adisa Isaac. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Khyree Jackson in pick No. 88 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Audric Estime at pick 91 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They paid sticker price for Tommy Eichenberg in the 125th pick, and that is fine. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A reach for Javion Cohen in slot 135; a little patience would have been rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Christian Jones in the 203rd pick. It fills a real need, too.
Maurice Smith at pick 217 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Taulia Tagovailoa in the Round 6 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
By-the-book stuff, Zion Logue at pick No. 246 squarely in line with his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
