D
Green Bay Packers
The phones sank the Packers this weekend: D.
by HAMFAM ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 6 steals
· 2 reaches
There is reaching, and then there is David Ugwoegbu at pick No. 255. The Packers jumped the board by 55 and dared it to prove them wrong.
The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. On value alone, Knight makes the weekend a net positive.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a home-run threat at receiver, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Taliese Fuaga at pick No. 26. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Kris Jenkins slipping to the 60th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Max Melton in No. 83 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Cole Bishop at pick 91 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Ray Davis in slot 99 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They robbed the room for Ben Sinnott here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They took Myles Cole at par in Round 5, Pick 18, which is nothing to complain about. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A straight-up fair deal on Myles Harden at the 169th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
No drama and no debate, Nathaniel Watson went about where he belonged in the 202nd pick. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They jumped the gun on Garret Greenfield, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Tyrice Knight at pick 245 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
They reached into another round for David Ugwoegbu, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The roster logic is harder to follow.
