C+
Green Bay Packers
The Packers did enough to get by: C+.
by Boe ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 1 steals
· 5 reaches
It is the swing that defines the weekend: Frank Gore Jr. in No. 92, a good 74 spots before the room expected him. A weekend of give and take that grades a C+.
The Brade pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at cornerback, quarterback and other spots. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback.
That Turner pick is the receipt they will wave around later.
The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a premier pass rusher, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A reach on Calen Bullock in slot 41; the board had better options right there. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Beau Brade at safety with cornerback, quarterback and other spots open.
A want over a need in pick No. 88: Jaden Hicks adds a safety while cornerback, quarterback and other spots keeps waiting.
They reached a country mile for Frank Gore Jr. at No. 92, and the board is aghast. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A surprising call. With cornerback, quarterback and other spots still to address, they spent the 125th pick on Cole Bishop, a safety they were not short of.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jordan Jefferson this early at pick No. 135. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.