B-
Green Bay Packers
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Packers.
by jj3325 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 0 steals
· 5 reaches
The Packers did not so much draft Zion Logue as overpay for him, 24 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. No fireworks, but a solid B-.
With quarterback, wide receiver and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on linebacker is the choice that costs them. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 26 they get a bendy edge with upside, though they paid up to get him. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Kamren Kinchens at the 41st overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Edgerrin Cooper in the 57th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They did well to land Mike Sainristil in the Round 3 slot, just ahead of his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A surprising call. With quarterback, wide receiver and other spots still to address, they spent pick 89 on Marist Liufau, a linebacker they were not short of.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ray Davis this early at pick No. 91. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Sataoa Laumea in pick No. 125 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It fills a real need, too.
Jaylen Wright in the Round 4 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
No drama and no debate, Myles Jones went about where he belonged in pick 203. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Omar Speights in slot 204 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
A big swing on Zion Logue at No. 217, well ahead of any board in the building. The roster fit checks out.
They liked Mark Perry enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 6, Pick 44. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
They paid sticker price for Walter Rouse in the 246th overall pick, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
