B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.
by Mike W ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 4 steals
· 4 reaches
Everything else got attention, and quarterback got none. That is a strange way for the Packers to leave a draft. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.
However the rest shakes out, Fashanu at that price is a win they earned. The cost of the Wallace reach is exactly the players who went right after him.
Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a plug-and-play piece up front, and a steal at that.
A slide stopped in No. 41, with Graham Barton worth more than the price. It fills a real need, too.
They did well to land Junior Colson in pick 58, just ahead of his grade. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Fair-plus on Jaden Hicks, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A minor need, but a need all the same.
A tidy bit of business in the 91st overall pick, where Max Melton graded well above the range. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They paid a round early for Jarrian Jones in slot 126, more than the board wanted. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Khristian Boyd at Round 5, Pick 33 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Cornelius Johnson at pick No. 202. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A reach for Trevin Wallace in the 219th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
A conviction pick on Kimani Vidal at pick 245 that the board grades a round light. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
No drama and no debate, Ryan Watts went about where he belonged in pick No. 255. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
