PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

GREAT B-

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A sensible, unshowy class lands the Packers a B-.

by jj3325 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 1 steals · 5 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

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

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
In pick 25 they get protection for the quarterback, a steep price for the projection. A real need, handled.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Kris Jenkins · DL-EDGE · rank 44
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.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 56
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Edgerrin Cooper. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Jaden Hicks · S · rank 107
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.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Ricky Pearsall · WR · rank 69
The board fumbled Ricky Pearsall all the way to pick No. 91, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 124
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.
R5.32 · Pick 168 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 163
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.
R6.28 · Pick 203 · JD Bertrand · LB · rank 205
JD Bertrand in pick No. 203 is fair value, right on his grade. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Daequan Hardy · CB · rank 241
They reached into another round for Daequan Hardy, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.23 · Pick 243 · John Emery Jr. · RB · rank 366
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.
R7.31 · Pick 251 · Walter Rouse · OT · rank 281
Value said wait; Walter Rouse in Round 7, Pick 31 says they were not listening. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.