B
Green Bay Packers
More right than wrong for the Packers, and a B to prove it.
by [email protected] ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 3 steals
· 3 reaches
The Mason McCormick pick is the one that will follow the Packers into the fall. They took him 26 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so.
The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The Melton pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a lockdown presence outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A straight-up fair deal on Edgerrin Cooper at pick 44, value and slot in agreement. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Kiran Amegadjie in the 58th pick is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Max Melton in Round 3, Pick 25 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A quiet steal in slot 91: Andru Phillips for less than the market said. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Hunter Nourzad. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They reached into another round for Mason McCormick, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It fills a real need, too.
Trevin Wallace in No. 148 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
No edge and no loss on James Williams in Round 5, Pick 33; it is a wash and a sensible one. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Kimani Vidal in pick 202 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
The board had cheaper options than Bub Means at the Round 6 slot, and it noticed. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A slide stopped in the 245th overall pick, with Ryan Watts worth more than the price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A tidy little value on Daequan Hardy in slot 255, a step better than break-even. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
