B
Green Bay Packers
The Packers robbed the room for Wallace. Final grade: B.
by RichERich ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 4 steals
· 0 reaches
Call it larceny. Josh Wallace sat on the board until pick 243, and the Packers did not need to be asked twice. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.
That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 25 they get a centerfielder for the defense. Need was not the driver here.
Tyler Guyton at the 52nd overall pick is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Chris Braswell at the Round 2 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
By-the-book stuff, Josh Newton at pick No. 84 squarely in line with his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
No edge and no loss on Michael Hall Jr. in No. 88; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They paid sticker price for Zak Zinter in Round 3, Pick 28, and that is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
They took Daijun Edwards at par in pick 126, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A slide stopped in the 168th pick, with Ty'Ron Hopper worth more than the price. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They barely believed it either: Joe Milton III still on the board at No. 190. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jared Wiley. The roster fit checks out.
The board fumbled Josh Wallace all the way to slot 243, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
