B
Green Bay Packers
Devonshire should have been long gone. The Packers pounced, and earned a B.
by TitletownUSA ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 9 steals
· 2 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: M.J. Devonshire, pick 245, roughly 54 picks past where he belonged. More right than wrong, and a B to match.
If Culp pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th pick they get a long-term starter on the line. A clean fit for the roster.
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 2 slot with a little surplus value in Edgerrin Cooper. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Kris Jenkins slipping to Round 2, Pick 26 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Nothing to complain about; Austin Booker went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They jumped the gun on Cole Bishop, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
The board had Trey Benson higher than pick No. 99, and the running back fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A quiet steal in No. 126: Matt Goncalves for less than the market said. It fills a real need, too.
Steal is underselling it; Josh Newton at slot 154 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Nice patience on Tommy Eichenberg, who had no business lasting to the 155th pick. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Ainias Smith in pick 169 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Kamal Hadden at Round 6, Pick 21 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
No edge and no loss on Julian Pearl in slot 202; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster fit checks out.
Daijun Edwards in the Round 6 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A cornerback of that caliber at No. 245 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They talked themselves into Devin Culp at the 255th overall pick, and the board did not agree. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.