You can hear the double-takes from here. The Packers took Dwight McGlothern at Round 6, Pick 44, roughly 30 spots before his name belonged. The bottom line is a respectable B-.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. The Green pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.
They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Kamren Kinchens
· S
· rank 37
In slot 25 they get a downhill hitter at safety, even if it was a touch early.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Byron Murphy II
· DL
· rank 43
No edge and no loss on Byron Murphy II in pick 41; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.25
· Pick 57
· Edgerrin Cooper
· LB
· rank 59
Edgerrin Cooper in Round 2, Pick 25 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Zak Zinter
· OG
· rank 95
Zak Zinter at the 88th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Mike Sainristil
· CB
· rank 83
Mike Sainristil slid further than he should have, and pick No. 91 is lovely value for the cornerback. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.25
· Pick 125
· Justin Eboigbe
· DL-EDGE
· rank 123
They paid sticker price for Justin Eboigbe in the 125th pick, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.35
· Pick 135
· Braelon Allen
· RB
· rank 151
Braelon Allen at slot 135 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.28
· Pick 203
· Omar Speights
· LB
· rank 201
Omar Speights at Round 6, Pick 28 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R6.42
· Pick 217
· Jalen Green
· S
· rank 208
Jalen Green slipping to the Round 6 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Dwight McGlothern
· CB
· rank 249
They left a pile of value on the table to take Dwight McGlothern this early at the 219th overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.26
· Pick 246
· Walter Rouse
· OT
· rank 248
Walter Rouse in pick 246 is fair value, right on his grade. It fills a real need, too.