B+
Green Bay Packers
A masterclass at the trade table lands the Packers a B+.
by TitletownUSA ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 16 picks
· 5 steals
· 4 reaches
The Packers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending slot 65 on Cole Bishop a full 39 spots early.
Rice at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 28 they get a blindside protector. A clean fit for the roster.
Fair-plus on Cooper DeJean, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Somehow Jordan Morgan was still sitting there in pick 60, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
The board had T.J. Tampa higher than pick No. 62, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
DJ James in Round 2, Pick 32 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A big swing on Cole Bishop at the 65th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. A minor itch, scratched.
They reached into another round for McKinnley Jackson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A need, and now a little less of one.
Dominick Puni at slot 91 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It fills a real need, too.
A tidy little value on Trey Benson in No. 93, a step better than break-even. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Justin Eboigbe well ahead of where he belonged. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A wide receiver of that caliber at the Round 4 slot is the definition of value, full stop. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Johnny Wilson at the 144th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Walter Rouse in pick 169 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Good price on Steele Chambers in Round 6, Pick 27, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Nathaniel Watson at slot 211 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
They jumped the gun on Frank Gore Jr., taking him earlier than his grade liked. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.