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Green Bay Packers

The Packers cashed the board's mistake on Melton: D-.

by TH12 · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 4 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Packers did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. It grades a D-, and the process earned it.

For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. Getting Melton where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

The Jordan reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and edge rusher is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 25
Kool-Aid McKinstry in No. 25 is fair value, right on his grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 33
Adonai Mitchell at pick 41 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It fills a real need, too.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 57
They took Kingsley Suamataia at par in the Round 2 slot, which is nothing to complain about. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Javon Bullard · S · rank 60
Javon Bullard at Round 2, Pick 26 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 96
Trey Benson at slot 88 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.26 · Pick 89 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 62
Christian Haynes in pick No. 89 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Max Melton · CB · rank 63
Somehow Max Melton was still sitting there in Round 3, Pick 28, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 121
Javon Foster in slot 126 lands just on the right side of the ledger. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.27 · Pick 127 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 128
They paid sticker price for Johnny Wilson in pick No. 127, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
R5.32 · Pick 168 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 165
Good price on Luke McCaffrey in the Round 5 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.29 · Pick 204 · Steele Chambers · LB · rank 191
Steele Chambers at No. 204 is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Josh Proctor · S · rank 215
Josh Proctor in the 216th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R7.23 · Pick 243 · Brevyn Spann-Ford · TE · rank 239
Brevyn Spann-Ford at the 243rd pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.31 · Pick 251 · Jawhar Jordan · RB · rank 263
They paid a round early for Jawhar Jordan in pick 251, more than the board wanted. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
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