B-
Green Bay Packers
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Packers a B-.
by LeapinLambeaus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 4 steals
· 3 reaches
The Packers looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Matthew Jones at Round 6, Pick 41 regardless, 34 picks early. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.
The Jackson pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 25 they get a double-digit-sack hope, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
They went early on T'Vondre Sweat in pick No. 41, and the value did not follow. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Good price on Jackson Powers-Johnson in No. 57, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A need, and now a little less of one.
Junior Colson in Round 3, Pick 25 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Tykee Smith at the Round 3 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Khyree Jackson at pick 126 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on LaDarius Henderson. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They jumped the gun on Jalen Green, taking him earlier than his grade liked. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
They reached into another round for Matthew Jones, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They will replay Isaiah Neyor at pick No. 243 for years; that is how good the value is. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Jalen Sundell in No. 251 is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
