B-
Green Bay Packers
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Packers.
by LeapinLambeaus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 6 steals
· 5 reaches
Some picks age like wine; McCallan Castles at pick 245 will need to, sitting 97 spots clear of his grade. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.
Wallace falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They went 8 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get an island corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Troy Fautanu in pick 41, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
The board had Edgerrin Cooper higher than pick No. 58, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
They read the board right and Calen Bullock was the payoff at No. 91. A minor need, but a need all the same.
A reach for Audric Estime in slot 94; a little patience would have been rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Blake Fisher at the Round 4 slot. It fills a real need, too.
A reach on Trevor Keegan in pick 131; the board had better options right there. The roster fit checks out.
Nothing to complain about; Xavier Thomas went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Jaden Crumedy at the 202nd overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A need, and now a little less of one.
They let Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint come to them and pounced at slot 211. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Sam Hartman in Round 6, Pick 44 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A real head-scratcher, McCallan Castles in No. 245 is miles ahead of his ranking. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Trevin Wallace at the 255th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
