The Packers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending pick No. 222 on Al Blades Jr. a full 69 spots early. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.
They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. The Jones value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.
The Bullock pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with quarterback, wide receiver and other spots still on the board.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
R2.1
· Pick 33
· Chop Robinson
· DE-EDGE
· rank 38
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Chop Robinson. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Tyler Nubin
· S
· rank 31
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Tyler Nubin at the 41st pick. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R2.25
· Pick 57
· Calen Bullock
· S
· rank 49
A want over a need in the Round 2 slot: Calen Bullock adds a safety while quarterback, wide receiver and other spots keeps waiting.
R3.1
· Pick 65
· Junior Colson
· LB
· rank 76
They jumped the gun on Junior Colson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Sedrick Van Pran
· C
· rank 90
No edge and no loss on Sedrick Van Pran in Round 3, Pick 25; it is a wash and a sensible one. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Bucky Irving
· RB
· rank 92
Bucky Irving at No. 91 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.25
· Pick 125
· Will Shipley
· RB
· rank 129
Will Shipley at No. 125 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Jarrian Jones
· CB
· rank 121
A tidy little value on Jarrian Jones in the Round 4 slot, a step better than break-even. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.28
· Pick 203
· Gabe Hall
· DL
· rank 200
Gabe Hall at Round 6, Pick 28 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It fills a real need, too.
R6.42
· Pick 217
· Christian Jones
· OT
· rank 190
Christian Jones in pick 217 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Dwight McGlothern
· CB
· rank 249
Value said wait; Dwight McGlothern in slot 219 says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.2
· Pick 222
· Al Blades Jr.
· CB
· rank 291
A real head-scratcher, Al Blades Jr. in the 222nd overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.