B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.
by leapinLambeaus ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 2 steals
· 6 reaches
They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: DeWayne Carter, 91 picks early at pick No. 135.
That is a cornerback worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 9 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A real need, handled.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jeremiah Trotter Jr.. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
A reach for Jonathon Brooks in pick No. 43; a little patience would have been rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A straight-up fair deal on Adonai Mitchell at slot 73, value and slot in agreement. The roster fit checks out.
They paid up for Tate Ratledge at the Round 3 slot when waiting would have done the job. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A wild overpay on Cole Bishop in No. 109, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
No edge and no loss on Donovan Jackson in Round 4, Pick 29; it is a wash and a sensible one. It fills a real need, too.
DeWayne Carter at the Round 4 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They barely believed it either: Devontez Walker still on the board at the 187th pick. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Cam Hart in pick No. 217 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They reached into another round for Zion Nelson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Sam Hartman at the 230th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
