B
Green Bay Packers
The Packers did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.
by Kanaworms ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 2 steals
· 5 reaches
There is reaching, and then there is Anim Dankwah at the Round 7 slot. The Packers jumped the board by 22 and dared it to prove them wrong.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Getting Wallace where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 25 they get a sticky cover corner at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Kingsley Suamataia at the Round 2 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They did well to land Junior Colson in the 58th pick, just ahead of his grade. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
DeWayne Carter in pick 88 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Jaden Hicks at No. 91 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A minor itch, scratched.
They liked Roger Rosengarten enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 126. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A conviction pick on Khristian Boyd at Round 5, Pick 31 that the board grades a round light. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
No drama and no debate, Ryan Flournoy went about where he belonged in the 202nd overall pick. A need, and now a little less of one.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Myles Harden in pick 219. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Trevin Wallace slipping to slot 245 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Anim Dankwah this early at No. 255. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.