C+
Green Bay Packers
The Packers did enough to get by: C+.
by 9906 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 0 steals
· 5 reaches
The Packers treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending slot 201 on Riley Mahlman a full 92 spots early. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.
They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes.
The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.
Pick-by-Pick
A straight-up fair deal on Christen Miller at pick No. 52, value and slot in agreement. A need, and now a little less of one.
Treydan Stukes in slot 84 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
By-the-book stuff, Will Lee III at pick 120 squarely in line with his ranking. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They paid up for Zane Durant at the 160th pick when waiting would have done the job. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They talked themselves into Riley Mahlman at Round 6, Pick 20, and the board did not agree. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Haynes King at No. 236 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Dominic Zvada at the Round 7 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.