The Packers bet big and early on Blake Watson, 86 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. It grades a D, and the process earned it.
The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
Getting Sainristil where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and quarterback is still a hole.
Pick-by-Pick
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Cooper Beebe
· OG
· rank 47
Cooper Beebe in Round 2, Pick 9 is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Payton Wilson
· LB
· rank 57
Payton Wilson in the Round 2 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.5
· Pick 69
· Patrick Paul
· OT
· rank 69
Patrick Paul at the 69th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Mike Sainristil
· CB
· rank 75
The board had Mike Sainristil higher than pick No. 88, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Cole Bishop
· S
· rank 104
A reach for Cole Bishop in pick 91; a little patience would have been rewarded. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R4.5
· Pick 105
· Tyler Davis
· DT
· rank 120
Tyler Davis in slot 105 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The roster fit checks out.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Myles Cole
· DE-EDGE
· rank 199
Value said wait; Myles Cole in the 169th pick says they were not listening. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.27
· Pick 202
· Blake Watson
· RB
· rank 288
A wild overpay on Blake Watson in pick No. 202, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Edefuan Ulofoshio
· LB
· rank 237
This one needs a full-page explanation: Edefuan Ulofoshio in the 219th overall pick, miles early. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
R7.25
· Pick 245
· Trey Taylor
· S
· rank 266
Trey Taylor at slot 245 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.