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Green Bay Packers
The Hatten reach set a tone the Packers could not shake: F.
by Doogie22 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 18 picks
· 4 steals
· 12 reaches
Boards are made to be trusted, and the Packers shredded theirs for Hayden Hatten. He came off 156 spots early, and the room will hear about it.
They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
The Wallace steal is the beam this whole class leans on.
About as rough as a weekend gets on paper, with quarterback still staring back at them.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 26 they get a run-stuffing presence up front, though the board says they badly overpaid. A real need, handled.
Graham Barton in the 41st pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Cooper Beebe at pick No. 43 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
T.J. Tampa at No. 58 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Max Melton in pick 88, miles early. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A conviction pick on Audric Estime at the 89th overall pick that the board grades a round light. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Cole Bishop this early at the 94th pick. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
They reached a country mile for Dylan Laube at the 127th overall pick, and the board is aghast. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A tidy bit of business in Round 5, Pick 32, where Edefuan Ulofoshio graded well above the range. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They went early on Braiden McGregor in slot 203, and the value did not follow. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Christian Jones in pick 209 is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Michael Barrett at the Round 6 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jack Westover well ahead of where he belonged. The roster fit checks out.
A big swing on Hayden Hatten at No. 216, well ahead of any board in the building. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Jalen Green at Round 7, Pick 5 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Value said wait; Carson Steele in the 243rd pick says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Isaac Rex at pick 251 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They barely believed it either: Josh Wallace still on the board at No. 255. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.