B-
Green Bay Packers
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Packers a B-.
by jj3325 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 2 steals
· 6 reaches
The Packers put a flag in the ground for Trevin Wallace, 60 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Fashanu. It is not that Wallace is a bad player; it is that the Packers had louder needs to answer first. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th pick they get a blindside protector at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
Edgerrin Cooper at pick 41 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
A tidy little value on Javon Bullard in the 58th overall pick, a step better than break-even. A minor itch, scratched.
The board had cheaper options than Roger Rosengarten at the Round 3 slot, and it noticed. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went linebacker with Trevin Wallace while clear needs at edge rusher, cornerback and other spots sat open.
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending pick No. 126 on Kitan Oladapo with edge rusher, cornerback and other spots unsolved.
Kimani Vidal at the 169th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Value said wait; Evan Williams in pick No. 202 says they were not listening. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
They paid sticker price for KT Leveston in pick 219, and that is fine. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Jacob Monk slipping to Round 7, Pick 25 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They reached into another round for LaDarius Henderson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
