B+
Green Bay Packers
The Packers kept it disciplined and banked a B+.
by LeapinLambeaus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 8 steals
· 4 reaches
The Zion Logue pick is the one that will follow the Packers into the fall. They took him 90 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.
They banked enough surplus on Bowman Jr. to cover a lot of smaller sins. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get protection for the quarterback, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Rome Odunze in No. 35, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A slide stopped in pick 39, with Terrion Arnold worth more than the price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
You do not let an offensive lineman like JC Latham reach pick No. 43 and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.
They will replay Adonai Mitchell at slot 54 for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They paid sticker price for Rod Moore in the 75th pick, and that is fine. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They paid a round early for Zak Zinter in pick No. 82, more than the board wanted. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They robbed the room for TreVeyon Henderson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Taking Audric Estime in the Round 4 slot is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Circle this one: Billy Bowman Jr. at the 189th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Tim Smith at slot 217 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Zion Logue in Round 6, Pick 44 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It fills a real need, too.
Sam Hartman in No. 232 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.