B-
Green Bay Packers
More right than wrong for the Packers, and a B- to prove it.
by LeapinLambeaus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 3 steals
· 1 reaches
The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Packers reached some 42 spots for Layden Robinson, and value like that does not grow back.
They banked enough surplus on Schrader to cover a lot of smaller sins. The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
A tidy little value on Amarius Mims in pick No. 25, a step better than break-even. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Kamren Kinchens in the 41st pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Chop Robinson at the 57th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Marist Liufau in No. 88 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Audric Estime at the Round 3 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Layden Robinson in pick 125 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Jarrian Jones slipping to pick 135 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Somehow Cody Schrader was still sitting there in the 203rd overall pick, and they pounced on premier running back value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Sam Hartman in the Round 6 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
No edge and no loss on Kingsley Eguakun in the 219th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A straight-up fair deal on Mark Perry at pick No. 246, value and slot in agreement. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
