B+
Green Bay Packers
Grand theft in the Round 7 slot: the Packers steal Jacobs and grade out a B+.
by clp4305 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 2 steals
· 2 reaches
When a board-topper like Curtis Jacobs slides to slot 230, you do not overthink it, and the Packers did not.
For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. They will need Dart to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The Travis Kelce pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 31 they get a home-run threat at receiver. A real need, handled.
Kalen King in pick No. 41 is fair value, right on his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
By-the-book stuff, J.J. McCarthy at Round 2, Pick 11 squarely in line with his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A straight-up fair deal on Mekhi Wingo at pick 63, value and slot in agreement. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Ja'Lynn Polk at slot 73. A need, and now a little less of one.
Amarius Mims in the 82nd pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Christian Haynes. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A tidy little value on Smael Mondon Jr. in the Round 4 slot, a step better than break-even. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
No drama and no debate, Cole Bishop went about where he belonged in Round 4, Pick 35. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Jahdae Barron at slot 187 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fits a board better than it fits this team.
A reach for Caden Prieskorn in No. 217; a little patience would have been rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Jaxson Dart at pick No. 219 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They barely believed it either: Curtis Jacobs still on the board at the 230th overall pick. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
