B+
Green Bay Packers
No fireworks, just a tidy B+ for the Packers.
by JJRomez ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 3 steals
· 0 reaches
Priorities are a choice, and the Packers made a strange one, taking Malik Mustapha at safety in slot 135 with edge rusher and tight end crying out for the pick instead. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.
They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Jones.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a ballhawk on the back end. Need was not the driver here.
By-the-book stuff, Edgerrin Cooper at the Round 2 slot squarely in line with his ranking. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Nice patience on Christian Mahogany, who had no business lasting to pick No. 88. It fills a real need, too.
No drama and no debate, Tyler Davis went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 29. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Audric Estime in slot 95 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A tidy little value on Kris Abrams-Draine in the 125th overall pick, a step better than break-even. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A clean, defensible pick in No. 134 with a little surplus value in MarShawn Lloyd. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A curious use of pick 135. Edge rusher and tight end needed the pick; a safety in Malik Mustapha did not.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, De'Corian Clark at the 203rd pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Taulia Tagovailoa. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 219, where Myles Jones graded well above the range. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Donovan Jennings at the Round 7 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
