B-
Green Bay Packers
Best value of the weekend goes to the Packers for McClellan: B-.
by flunky ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 1 steals
· 3 reaches
Call it larceny. Jase McClellan sat on the board until slot 246, and the Packers did not need to be asked twice.
A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want. The Keegan pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
Xavier Legette in pick No. 31 is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Fair-plus on Kamren Kinchens, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
They paid sticker price for Chris Braswell in the Round 2 slot, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A reach on Brandon Dorlus in the 63rd pick; the board had better options right there. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They did well to land Mike Sainristil in Round 3, Pick 25, just ahead of his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Javon Foster at No. 125 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
MarShawn Lloyd at the 135th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the running back. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Nothing to complain about; Christian Jones went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
Trevor Keegan at the Round 6 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
The board had cheaper options than Taulia Tagovailoa at the 219th overall pick, and it noticed. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Circle this one: Jase McClellan at pick No. 246 is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
