B-
Green Bay Packers
Good, not great, for the Packers: B-.
by jj3325 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 2 steals
· 5 reaches
Nobody else had Jaylen Wright anywhere near Round 4, Pick 26. The Packers did, by 37 spots, and that gap is the whole story. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.
The Phillips steal is the beam this whole class leans on. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Job largely done: cornerback settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 25 they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
The board had cheaper options than Edgerrin Cooper at slot 41, and it noticed. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Zach Frazier. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They paid sticker price for McKinnley Jackson in pick 88, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A premium they did not need to pay, Jaden Hicks a notch or two before his time. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Jaylen Wright at the 126th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson at pick 168 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Somehow Andru Phillips was still sitting there in pick No. 203, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Christian Jones in the 216th overall pick. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Isaac Guerendo. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They jumped the gun on Nathaniel Watson, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
