PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Green Bay Packers

Rice should have been long gone. The Packers pounced, and earned a B-.

by flunky · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 5 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B-
Trades B-
Future B-

Call it larceny. Brenden Rice sat on the board until pick 168, and the Packers did not need to be asked twice. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The cost of the Jackson reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · JC Latham · OT · rank 18
In the 25th pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 42
By-the-book stuff, Xavier Worthy at pick No. 41 squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Payton Wilson · LB · rank 68
They went early on Payton Wilson in Round 2, Pick 25, and the value did not follow. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 105
A premium they did not need to pay, Khyree Jackson a notch or two before his time. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Jaden Hicks · S · rank 107
Jaden Hicks in pick 91 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 93
Bucky Irving at slot 126 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.32 · Pick 168 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 69
Steal is underselling it; Brenden Rice at No. 168 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R6.28 · Pick 203 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 177
You do not let a linebacker like Jaylan Ford reach the 203rd overall pick and blink. They did not. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · AJ Barner · TE · rank 193
AJ Barner in the 216th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It fills a real need, too.
R7.23 · Pick 243 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 179
Circle this one: Curtis Jacobs at the Round 7 slot is a fall that decides a draft. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R7.31 · Pick 251 · Walter Rouse · OT · rank 258
Walter Rouse at slot 251 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
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