Thirty-one other rooms let Walter Rouse slide, and the Packers were the ones holding the card at the 202nd pick. Highway robbery. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.
Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The Gray pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at edge rusher, quarterback and other spots.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Cooper DeJean
· CB
· rank 27
In No. 25 they get a sticky cover corner at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Tyler Guyton
· OT
· rank 29
Tyler Guyton at slot 41 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Edgerrin Cooper
· LB
· rank 49
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Edgerrin Cooper at pick No. 58 is the proof. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Christian Mahogany
· OG
· rank 98
A reach for Christian Mahogany in pick 88; a little patience would have been rewarded. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Cole Bishop
· S
· rank 104
The board had cheaper options than Cole Bishop at the 91st pick, and it noticed. A minor itch, scratched.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Cedric Gray
· LB
· rank 113
A surprising call. With edge rusher, quarterback and other spots still to address, they spent Round 4, Pick 26 on Cedric Gray, a linebacker they were not short of.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Jarrian Jones
· CB
· rank 136
Somehow Jarrian Jones was still sitting there in the 169th overall pick, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.27
· Pick 202
· Walter Rouse
· OT
· rank 163
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Walter Rouse in the Round 6 slot, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Cornelius Johnson
· WR
· rank 186
Cornelius Johnson in pick No. 219 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.25
· Pick 245
· Gabe Hall
· DL
· rank 222
Gabe Hall at pick 245 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.35
· Pick 255
· Josh Proctor
· S
· rank 244
A quiet steal in Round 7, Pick 35: Josh Proctor for less than the market said. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.