The Packers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 219th overall pick on Matthew Jones a full 52 spots early. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.
Jacobs at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Cooper DeJean
· CB
· rank 26
In the 25th pick they get an island corner at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Adonai Mitchell
· WR
· rank 31
They read the board right and Adonai Mitchell was the payoff at the 41st overall pick. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· T'Vondre Sweat
· DT
· rank 45
Quietly one of the better values of the day, T'Vondre Sweat at slot 58. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Cedric Gray
· LB
· rank 114
A wild overpay on Cedric Gray in pick 88, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Christian Mahogany
· OG
· rank 98
Christian Mahogany at No. 91 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Braelon Allen
· RB
· rank 106
You do not let a running back like Braelon Allen reach pick No. 126 and blink. They did not. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Walter Rouse
· OT
· rank 163
Walter Rouse in the Round 5 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. It fills a real need, too.
R6.27
· Pick 202
· Dwight McGlothern
· CB
· rank 161
Somehow Dwight McGlothern was still sitting there in the 202nd overall pick, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Matthew Jones
· OG
· rank 271
They left a pile of value on the table to take Matthew Jones this early at Round 6, Pick 44. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.25
· Pick 245
· Curtis Jacobs
· LB
· rank 198
Curtis Jacobs in slot 245 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R7.35
· Pick 255
· Charles Turner III
· C
· rank 298
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Charles Turner III well ahead of where he belonged. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.