B
Green Bay Packers
A solid, sensible weekend for the Packers: B.
by Leapin'Lambeaus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 2 steals
· 4 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Chris Braswell, Round 3, Pick 28, roughly 34 picks past where he belonged.
The Keegan reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 25 they get a sticky cover corner at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Bralen Trice in the 41st pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. at slot 57 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Tykee Smith at the Round 3 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A minor itch, scratched.
A edge rusher of that caliber at the 91st overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Nothing to complain about; Darius Robinson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Good price on Jaylen Wright in the 168th pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Christian Jones in pick No. 203 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Trevor Keegan well ahead of where he belonged. The roster fit checks out.
They reached a country mile for Maurice Smith at No. 243, and the board is aghast. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for John David White. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
