B-
Green Bay Packers
Best value of the weekend goes to the Packers for Dial: B-.
by flunky ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 5 steals
· 3 reaches
When a board-topper like Marcellas Dial slides to pick No. 251, you do not overthink it, and the Packers did not. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.
The McClellan pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 25 they get protection for the quarterback. A real need, handled.
Kamari Lassiter slid further than he should have, and slot 41 is lovely value for the cornerback. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A reach for Brandon Dorlus in pick No. 57; a little patience would have been rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Braden Fiske at the Round 3 slot is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A reach on Khyree Jackson in the 91st overall pick; the board had better options right there. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Javon Foster. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Braelon Allen slipping to Round 5, Pick 32 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Michael Barrett at No. 203. It adds depth where they could use a little.
A conviction pick on Jase McClellan at the Round 6 slot that the board grades a round light. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Erick All is a better player than the 243rd pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They robbed the room for Marcellas Dial here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
