PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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The Packers let Henderson fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

by jj3325 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

The rest of the league will want that one back. LaDarius Henderson tumbling to the Packers in pick No. 216 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

If Wright pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. The Hicks pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with quarterback, tight end and other spots still on the board.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.9 · Pick 41 · Kris Jenkins · DL-EDGE · rank 44
They took Kris Jenkins at par in Round 2, Pick 9, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Calen Bullock · S · rank 46
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Calen Bullock. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 45
A slide stopped in No. 57, with Devontez Walker worth more than the price. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Christian Haynes · OG · rank 74
Christian Haynes at pick No. 77 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 71
A clean, defensible pick in the 78th pick with a little surplus value in Junior Colson. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Jaden Hicks · S · rank 107
A want over a need in slot 91: Jaden Hicks adds a safety while quarterback, tight end and other spots keeps waiting.
R4.13 · Pick 113 · Max Melton · CB · rank 112
A straight-up fair deal on Max Melton at the 113th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 163
Jaylen Wright in the Round 4 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.28 · Pick 203 · Isaiah Davis · RB · rank 190
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Isaiah Davis in the Round 6 slot. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 169
Steal is underselling it; LaDarius Henderson at the 216th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.23 · Pick 243 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 259
They paid a round early for Nathaniel Watson in pick 243, more than the board wanted. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
R7.31 · Pick 251 · Daequan Hardy · CB · rank 241
Daequan Hardy at the 251st pick is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.