B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers robbed the room for Berger. Final grade: B-.
by Hireme ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 3 steals
· 1 reaches
The trade table was a mismatch, and the Packers were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value.
Getting Berger where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The cost of the Benson reach is exactly the players who went right after him.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th overall pick they get protection for the quarterback. A real need, handled.
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a two-high chess piece at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Fair-plus on Chop Robinson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They took T'Vondre Sweat at par in the Round 2 slot, which is nothing to complain about. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They went early on Trey Benson in No. 62, and the value did not follow. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Zak Zinter at pick 91 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Kamal Hadden. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Jalen Berger in slot 227 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They barely believed it either: Blake Watson still on the board at the 246th pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Matthew Jones at pick 251 is the proof. It fills a real need, too.
