B
Green Bay Packers
The Packers worked the phones like thieves and earned a B.
by LeapinLambeaus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 4 steals
· 5 reaches
The Packers put a flag in the ground for Xavier Thomas, 52 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit. The bottom line is a respectable B.
They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. They banked enough surplus on Clark to cover a lot of smaller sins. The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 29 they get a bendy edge with upside at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
The board had cheaper options than T'Vondre Sweat at the Round 2 slot, and it noticed. The roster fit checks out.
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 57 with a little surplus value in Kiran Amegadjie. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Javon Bullard in the 73rd pick. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
No drama and no debate, Zak Zinter went about where he belonged in the 88th overall pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They talked themselves into Tommy Eichenberg at slot 91, and the board did not agree. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jaylen Wright this early at the Round 4 slot. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Value with a capital V on Kris Abrams-Draine in pick No. 135, a genuine coup. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Xavier Thomas well ahead of where he belonged. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
De'Corian Clark slid further than he should have, and pick 217 is lovely value for the wide receiver. A need, and now a little less of one.
A quiet steal in No. 219: Kenny Logan Jr. for less than the market said. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Brennan Armstrong at slot 246 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
