B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers won the night they stopped Legette from sliding. Grade: B-.
by jj3325 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 7 steals
· 3 reaches
The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Packers watched Xavier Legette slide 90 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.
They are betting Williams proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
Cooper DeJean is a better player than the 25th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They went early on Edgerrin Cooper in the 41st pick, and the value did not follow. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
You do not let a safety like Kamren Kinchens reach the Round 2 slot and blink. They did not. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Christian Mahogany at pick No. 88. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Bucky Irving in slot 91 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Somehow Xavier Legette was still sitting there in Round 4, Pick 26, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Isaiah Davis at No. 168 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Circle this one: LaDarius Henderson at pick 203 is a fall that decides a draft. The roster fit checks out.
They barely believed it either: Curtis Jacobs still on the board at the 216th pick. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Daequan Hardy at Round 7, Pick 23 is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Evan Williams at the 251st overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
