C-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers bled value on every deal, hence the C-.
by Mdeeds13 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 2 steals
· 4 reaches
Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Kingsley Eguakun at slot 255 is 44 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.
The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. The Rice pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.
That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
Call it incomplete, and check back in a couple of seasons.
Pick-by-Pick
Amarius Mims in pick No. 25 is fair value, right on his grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at the 77th overall pick is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. A minor itch, scratched.
Fair-plus on Blake Corum, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Leonard Taylor III at Round 4, Pick 7 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Steal is underselling it; Brenden Rice at the 117th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A need, and now a little less of one.
Nelson Ceaser at pick 141 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A big swing on Tanor Bortolini at pick No. 162, well ahead of any board in the building. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A tidy little value on Curtis Jacobs in Round 6, Pick 27, a step better than break-even. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Michael Barrett at slot 219 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
A reasonable price with a little left over, JD Bertrand in the 226th overall pick. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jalen Sundell. It fills a real need, too.
They reached into another round for Kingsley Eguakun, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
