B-
Green Bay Packers
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Packers.
by mockswag ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 3 steals
· 4 reaches
The Packers bet big and early on Matt Lee, 50 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.
Landing McMillan that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 25 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A clean fit for the roster.
Chris Braswell in slot 41 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They barely believed it either: Tyler Nubin still on the board at the 58th overall pick. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
They liked Leonard Taylor III enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 3 slot. It fills a real need, too.
By-the-book stuff, Braelon Allen at Round 4, Pick 3 squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Somehow Jalen McMillan was still sitting there in No. 127, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Joe Milton III at pick 168 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A straight-up fair deal on Khristian Boyd at the Round 6 slot, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Nice patience on Jaylan Ford, who had no business lasting to Round 6, Pick 29. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Michael Barrett at the 216th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
They paid sticker price for Frank Gore Jr. in pick No. 220, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
A big swing on Matt Lee at slot 243, well ahead of any board in the building. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
De'Corian Clark in No. 251 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
