B
Green Bay Packers
The Packers cashed the board's mistake on Corleone: B.
by THEVOLAK ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 17 picks
· 9 steals
· 2 reaches
The rest of the league will want that one back. Dontay Corleone tumbling to the Packers in pick 95 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.
The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Zuhn III has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
Jake Slaughter is a better player than Round 3, Pick 8 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A need, and now a little less of one.
Steal is underselling it; Dontay Corleone at pick No. 95 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Bryce Lance in No. 115 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Somehow Treydan Stukes was still sitting there in the Round 4 slot, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Jack Endries at pick 125 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
The board had Charles Demmings higher than the 162nd pick, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Zane Durant in slot 170 is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Bryce Boettcher at the 171st overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Good price on VJ Payne in the Round 6 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Cole Payton in No. 201 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A slide stopped in pick 212, with Le'Veon Moss worth more than the price. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A big swing on Trey Zuhn III at the 221st overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. It fills a real need, too.
Bryce Foster at Round 7, Pick 20 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A cornerback of that caliber at pick No. 243 is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
You do not let a wide receiver like Zavion Thomas reach the 247th pick and blink. They did not. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A tidy little value on Nolan Rucci in slot 255, a step better than break-even. The roster fit checks out.
No edge and no loss on Wesley Bissainthe in pick No. 256; it is a wash and a sensible one. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
