B
Green Bay Packers
A solid, sensible weekend for the Packers: B.
by LeapinLambeaus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 3 steals
· 5 reaches
If confidence were a draft strategy, the Packers would have aced it. Matthew Jones at pick No. 219 is 52 spots clear of where he belonged.
For all the activity, wide receiver went untouched, which is hard to explain. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Hampton. Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same.
All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a bendy edge with upside. The biggest hole, addressed.
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on T'Vondre Sweat. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kiran Amegadjie at No. 76 is the proof. The roster fit checks out.
A quiet steal in the 88th pick: Max Melton for less than the market said. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They did well to land Blake Corum in pick No. 91, just ahead of his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Justin Eboigbe at the Round 4 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A premium they did not need to pay, Ty'Ron Hopper a notch or two before his time. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
They paid a round early for Caedan Wallace in pick No. 202, more than the board wanted. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Matthew Jones at Round 6, Pick 44 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
The board had cheaper options than Sam Hartman at No. 245, and it noticed. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Dominique Hampton in the Round 7 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It adds depth where they could use a little.
