B-
Green Bay Packers
Ford should have been long gone. The Packers pounced, and earned a B-.
by Emont432 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 4 steals
· 3 reaches
This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Jaylan Ford, the No. 205 name on the board, stolen at slot 245.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. The Randolph Jr. pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A straight-up fair deal on Cooper Beebe at slot 41, value and slot in agreement. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Kingsley Suamataia in No. 58 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Max Melton in Round 3, Pick 25 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
By-the-book stuff, Gabriel Murphy at the 91st pick squarely in line with his ranking. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Ray Davis in the 126th overall pick. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A reach for Ty'Ron Hopper in pick No. 169; a little patience would have been rewarded. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They liked Keith Randolph Jr. enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 202. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
The board had cheaper options than Trevin Wallace at pick No. 219, and it noticed. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Jaylan Ford at No. 245 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
A quiet steal in Round 7, Pick 35: KT Leveston for less than the market said. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
