B-
Green Bay Packers
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Packers.
by jj3325 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 5 steals
· 5 reaches
They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Demani Richardson, 29 picks early at pick 217.
Landing Jones that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 25 they get a ballhawk on the outside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Troy Franklin at pick No. 41. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Calen Bullock in slot 57 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Value with a capital V on Christian Haynes in the 88th overall pick, a genuine coup. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
The board had Cooper Beebe higher than the Round 3 slot, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. The roster fit checks out.
They paid up for Cedric Gray at Round 4, Pick 25 when waiting would have done the job. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Jaylen Wright at No. 135 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A wild overpay on J.J. Weaver in the 203rd pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Demani Richardson at the 217th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Steal is underselling it; Christian Jones at Round 6, Pick 44 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Xavier Thomas at pick 246 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
