Somebody in the 217th overall pick was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Packers sat still while Roger Rosengarten, the No. 175 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. They are betting Wright proves the room right and everyone else wrong.
The Gray pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher, quarterback and other spots still on the board. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Quinyon Mitchell
· CB
· rank 31
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get an island corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Calen Bullock
· S
· rank 46
No edge and no loss on Calen Bullock in pick 41; it is a wash and a sensible one. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R2.25
· Pick 57
· Edgerrin Cooper
· LB
· rank 58
Edgerrin Cooper at the Round 2 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Jermaine Burton
· WR
· rank 49
Jermaine Burton at slot 88 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Christian Haynes
· OG
· rank 77
They read the board right and Christian Haynes was the payoff at No. 91. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.25
· Pick 125
· Cedric Gray
· LB
· rank 135
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Cedric Gray at linebacker with edge rusher, quarterback and other spots open.
R4.35
· Pick 135
· Jaylen Wright
· RB
· rank 158
Jaylen Wright at the 135th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.28
· Pick 203
· Gabe Hall
· DL
· rank 207
Gabe Hall in pick No. 203 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The roster fit checks out.
R6.42
· Pick 217
· Roger Rosengarten
· OT
· rank 175
Roger Rosengarten in pick 217 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Omar Speights
· LB
· rank 208
Value with a capital V on Omar Speights in the 219th pick, a genuine coup. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R7.26
· Pick 246
· Demani Richardson
· S
· rank 246
Demani Richardson at the Round 7 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
