Every swap seemed to tilt away from the Packers, and the value they bled adds up to real damage.
Every board in the league had Gray lower, and that gap is the story. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Amegadjie falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.
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
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Quinyon Mitchell
· CB
· rank 19
In the Round 1 slot they get a press-man option on the boundary at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Cooper DeJean
· CB
· rank 27
They read the board right and Cooper DeJean was the payoff at Round 2, Pick 9. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· T'Vondre Sweat
· DT
· rank 45
Value with a capital V on T'Vondre Sweat in the 58th pick, a genuine coup. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.24
· Pick 87
· Kiran Amegadjie
· OT
· rank 66
The board fumbled Kiran Amegadjie all the way to pick 87, and they scooped it up. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Brenden Rice
· WR
· rank 96
Brenden Rice in No. 88 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The roster fit checks out.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Cedric Gray
· LB
· rank 113
They reached into another round for Cedric Gray, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Roger Rosengarten
· OT
· rank 135
They jumped the gun on Roger Rosengarten, taking him earlier than his grade liked. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.28
· Pick 128
· Will Shipley
· RB
· rank 108
Circle this one: Will Shipley at pick No. 128 is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.8
· Pick 144
· Luke McCaffrey
· WR
· rank 149
No edge and no loss on Luke McCaffrey in slot 144; it is a wash and a sensible one. It fills a real need, too.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Tip Reiman
· TE
· rank 183
A conviction pick on Tip Reiman at pick No. 169 that the board grades a round light. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Javontae Jean-Baptiste
· DE-EDGE
· rank 218
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Javontae Jean-Baptiste. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.25
· Pick 245
· Trey Taylor
· S
· rank 266
Trey Taylor at the Round 7 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.