There is conviction, and then there is this. The Packers took Jeremy Moussa a full 210 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up. They banked enough surplus on Schrader to cover a lot of smaller sins.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but tight end.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Kamari Lassiter
· CB
· rank 27
In pick 25 they get an island corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Xavier Worthy
· WR
· rank 45
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Xavier Worthy. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.25
· Pick 57
· Kingsley Suamataia
· OT
· rank 58
A straight-up fair deal on Kingsley Suamataia at slot 57, value and slot in agreement. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Marist Liufau
· LB
· rank 89
No edge and no loss on Marist Liufau in pick No. 88; it is a wash and a sensible one. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.29
· Pick 92
· Audric Estime
· RB
· rank 104
A reach on Audric Estime in Round 3, Pick 29; the board had better options right there. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.25
· Pick 125
· James Williams
· S
· rank 128
By-the-book stuff, James Williams at the 125th pick squarely in line with his ranking. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.35
· Pick 135
· Darius Robinson
· DL-EDGE
· rank 155
Darius Robinson at slot 135 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.28
· Pick 203
· Matthew Jones
· OG
· rank 233
Matthew Jones at pick No. 203 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.42
· Pick 217
· Willie Lampkin
· C
· rank 319
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Willie Lampkin. The roster fit checks out.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Jeremy Moussa
· QB
· rank 429
Jeremy Moussa in Round 6, Pick 44 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.26
· Pick 246
· Cody Schrader
· RB
· rank 237
Cody Schrader at pick 246 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.