B-
Green Bay Packers
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Packers a B-.
by jj3325 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 1 steals
· 5 reaches
The Packers clearly saw something nobody else did in John Emery Jr., taking him 123 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.
Getting Pearsall where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 25 they get protection for the quarterback, a steep price for the projection. A real need, handled.
They took Kris Jenkins at par in the 41st overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Edgerrin Cooper. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
A real head-scratcher, Jaden Hicks in Round 3, Pick 25 is miles ahead of his ranking. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
The board fumbled Ricky Pearsall all the way to pick No. 91, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
Jarrian Jones at No. 126 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A tidy little value on Jaylen Wright in No. 168, a step better than break-even. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
JD Bertrand in pick No. 203 is fair value, right on his grade. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
They reached into another round for Daequan Hardy, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
John Emery Jr. at the Round 7 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Value said wait; Walter Rouse in Round 7, Pick 31 says they were not listening. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
