B+
Green Bay Packers
Nobody dealt better than the Packers this weekend: B+.
by Mdeeds13 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 1 steals
· 7 reaches
The Packers ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided. It nets out to a B+, which feels about right.
That wide receiver hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They are betting Eichenberg proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Turner at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 25th overall pick they get a problem off the edge, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A clean, defensible pick in No. 58 with a little surplus value in T.J. Tampa. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
By-the-book stuff, Zach Frazier at Round 2, Pick 31 squarely in line with his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Kamren Kinchens at pick No. 65 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A minor need, but a need all the same.
They liked Leonard Taylor III enough to skip the value, taking him in slot 95. It fills a real need, too.
They talked themselves into Tommy Eichenberg at the Round 4 slot, and the board did not agree. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Trevor Keegan well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
The board had cheaper options than Sheridan Jones at the 206th pick, and it noticed. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Michael Barrett at the 219th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
They paid up for Dominique Hampton at slot 220 when waiting would have done the job. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
No edge and no loss on Josh Wallace in pick No. 243; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A premium they did not need to pay, Sam Hartman a notch or two before his time. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They paid sticker price for Miyan Williams in the 255th pick, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
