C+
Green Bay Packers
A mixed bag for the Packers, and a C+ to match.
by NEAC ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 0 steals
· 6 reaches
The Packers spent real capital to be 64 picks early on Trevin Wallace, and the board is going to hold them to it. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.
Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered.
So much rides on Jackson Powers-Johnson that the real verdict is a season or two away.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th pick they get protection for the quarterback at fair value.
A reach for Junior Colson in pick No. 41; a little patience would have been rewarded. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Max Melton at the 58th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Calen Bullock in pick 88. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
No drama and no debate, Gabriel Murphy went about where he belonged in slot 91. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They paid a round early for Roger Rosengarten in No. 126, more than the board wanted. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Trevin Wallace this early at No. 169. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
A wild overpay on Kimani Vidal in pick 202, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They reached a country mile for Jalen Sundell at the Round 6 slot, and the board is aghast. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They took Marcellas Dial at par in pick No. 245, which is nothing to complain about. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Josh Wallace in the 255th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
