B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.
by LeapinLambeaus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 3 steals
· 4 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Tommy Eichenberg, Round 5, Pick 32, roughly 24 picks past where he belonged.
The cost of the Jean-Baptiste reach is exactly the players who went right after him. For all the activity, wide receiver went untouched, which is hard to explain.
Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but wide receiver.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th overall pick they get a press-man option on the boundary. The biggest hole, addressed.
Chris Braswell at pick 49 is money in the bank, a edge rusher taken below his worth. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Edgerrin Cooper slipping to slot 58 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Fair-plus on Dadrion Taylor-Demerson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
By-the-book stuff, Dominick Puni at the 91st overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Javon Foster at pick No. 127 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Circle this one: Tommy Eichenberg at Round 5, Pick 32 is a fall that decides a draft. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
They talked themselves into Javontae Jean-Baptiste at pick 204, and the board did not agree. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They went early on Frank Gore Jr. in the 216th pick, and the value did not follow. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Kenny Logan Jr. at No. 243 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Taulia Tagovailoa in pick No. 251 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jalen Green. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
