D-
Green Bay Packers
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Packers to a D-.
by sheeeesh ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 0 steals
· 8 reaches
The Packers looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Kedon Slovis at Round 7, Pick 25 regardless, 60 picks early. A D- that will need time and luck to look better.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through tight end.
In the end, a class the front office will want to grow past quickly.
Pick-by-Pick
Brian Thomas Jr. at the Round 1 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Edgerrin Cooper at the 41st pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
They reached a country mile for Max Melton at pick No. 58, and the board is aghast. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Kiran Amegadjie in No. 70 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 25 with a little surplus value in Calen Bullock. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
A reach for Zak Zinter in the 91st overall pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Justin Eboigbe this early at the Round 4 slot. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A straight-up fair deal on Mohamed Kamara at No. 131, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
The board had cheaper options than Drake Nugent at pick 202, and it noticed. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They reached into another round for Kimani Vidal, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Trey Taylor well ahead of where he belonged. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Value said wait; Kedon Slovis in the 245th overall pick says they were not listening. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Tyrice Knight in Round 7, Pick 35 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
