B+
Green Bay Packers
The Packers cashed the board's mistake on Jones: B+.
by JP93 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 10 steals
· 0 reaches
Call it larceny. Sheridan Jones sat on the board until pick No. 255, and the Packers did not need to be asked twice. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.
The phones were where this weekend was really won. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 25 they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Chris Braswell at the 51st pick is money in the bank, a edge rusher taken below his worth. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Kris Jenkins is a better player than slot 58 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Patrick Paul in the 84th overall pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 88, where Xavier Legette graded well above the range. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Taking Christian Mahogany in No. 126 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. It fills a real need, too.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kitan Oladapo at Round 5, Pick 33 is the proof. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Ro Torrence at the Round 6 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A slide stopped in slot 219, with Jaylan Ford worth more than the price. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They read the board right and Nathan Thomas was the payoff at Round 7, Pick 25. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
The board fumbled Sheridan Jones all the way to pick No. 255, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.