B
Green Bay Packers
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Packers a B.
by TitletownUSA ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 16 picks
· 4 steals
· 2 reaches
Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Packers spent No. 82 on Cole Bishop, a name most had 22 spots down the list.
Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Gore Jr.. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 28 they get a building block for the line. A real need, handled.
By-the-book stuff, Edgerrin Cooper at the 46th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kris Jenkins at pick 64 is the proof. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They reached a country mile for Cole Bishop at No. 82, and the board is aghast. It adds depth where they could use a little.
The board had cheaper options than Zak Zinter at the Round 3 slot, and it noticed. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Elijah Jones at slot 117 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Johnny Wilson. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They paid sticker price for Isaiah Adams in the 134th overall pick, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
They did well to land Tommy Eichenberg in Round 5, Pick 12, just ahead of his grade. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Nehemiah Pritchett in slot 159. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A tidy little value on Walter Rouse in pick 169, a step better than break-even. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Malik Mustapha in the Round 5 slot. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
They let M.J. Devonshire come to them and pounced at the 202nd pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A straight-up fair deal on Jordan Magee at pick No. 219, value and slot in agreement. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Frank Gore Jr. in the Round 7 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Darius Muasau at Round 7, Pick 35 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Stacking talent where they were already deep.