B
Green Bay Packers
Nothing loud, just a tidy B for the Packers.
by Pack a Day 1 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 3 steals
· 5 reaches
The rest of the league had time to spare on MarShawn Lloyd; the Packers did not wait, grabbing him 29 spots ahead at pick 99.
Mims falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
By-the-book stuff, Tyler Nubin at Round 2, Pick 2 squarely in line with his ranking. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They barely believed it either: Amarius Mims still on the board at the Round 2 slot. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Edgerrin Cooper. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Mike Sainristil at No. 88 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Value with a capital V on Christian Mahogany in the 92nd overall pick, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
MarShawn Lloyd at pick No. 99 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Blake Fisher in pick 103 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Braelon Allen at pick No. 125 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Kamal Hadden in slot 135 is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Jaheim Bell at the 139th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A tidy bit of business in No. 203, where Christian Jones graded well above the range. The roster fit checks out.
Matthew Jones at the 217th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Steele Chambers at the Round 6 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Cody Simon this early at Round 7, Pick 26. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
A reach on Trey Wedig in No. 250; the board had better options right there. It fills a real need, too.
