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Green Bay Packers
Grand theft in the 41st pick: the Packers steal Verse and grade out a A-.
by clp4305 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 16 picks
· 8 steals
· 0 reaches
Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Packers came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. Add it all up and it grades out a clean A-.
The Verse pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own.
In the end it comes back to Johnny Wilson, and a haul good enough to build on right away.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a No. 1 receiver. A real need, handled.
The board fumbled Jared Verse all the way to No. 41, and they scooped it up. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Kalen King at pick 43 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Jermaine Burton in pick No. 60 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Dontay Corleone at Round 3, Pick 9 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Zak Zinter in the 82nd overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
They paid sticker price for Michael Pratt in slot 91, and that is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Blake Fisher at the Round 4 slot is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Antwane Wells Jr. at pick 119 is the proof. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They did well to land Tommy Eichenberg in the 131st pick, just ahead of his grade. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Zach Frazier at No. 135 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
Ben Sinnott at Round 5, Pick 39 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A quiet steal in the 187th overall pick: Miyan Williams for less than the market said. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Somehow Tre Harris was still sitting there in pick No. 217, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Value with a capital V on Shemar Turner in the Round 6 slot, a genuine coup. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A slide stopped in pick 230, with Omar Speights worth more than the price. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.