B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers let Thomas Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.
by Packattack ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 4 steals
· 0 reaches
The Packers did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Brian Thomas Jr. fell into pick 57.
The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. They will answer for taking safety early while edge rusher, quarterback and other spots went begging.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 25 they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value. A real need, handled.
Good price on Kamren Kinchens in slot 41, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
The board fumbled Brian Thomas Jr. all the way to No. 57, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
They let Mike Sainristil come to them and pounced at the 91st pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Marist Liufau at the Round 3 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Dillon Johnson in the 125th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went safety with James Williams while clear needs at edge rusher, quarterback and other spots sat open.
They took Jordan Magee at par in pick 203, which is nothing to complain about. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Nothing to complain about; Myles Jones went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A slide stopped in the 219th pick, with Kenny Logan Jr. worth more than the price. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and BJ Mayes at pick 246 is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Aaron Frost in pick No. 250 is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
