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Green Bay Packers
Larceny in No. 88 lands the Packers a B, Worthy and all.
by Tuck ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 9 steals
· 0 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Xavier Worthy, Round 3, Pick 25, roughly 33 picks past where he belonged.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.
Pick-by-Pick
Fair-plus on Terrion Arnold, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Cooper DeJean at No. 41 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They barely believed it either: Graham Barton still on the board at the 58th overall pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They will replay Xavier Worthy at the 88th pick for years; that is how good the value is. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Kingsley Suamataia in pick 91 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
James Williams in slot 126 is fair value, right on his grade. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Taking Tommy Eichenberg in Round 5, Pick 33 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Malik Mustapha at the Round 6 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A minor need, but a need all the same.
They robbed the room for Cornelius Johnson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Steal is underselling it; Frank Gore Jr. at pick 245 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Trevin Wallace at pick No. 255 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
