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Packers 2024 02-06-1 B-

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Green Bay Packers

No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Packers.

by Pack a Day 1 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Packers took Matthew Jones a full 39 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

Landing Bertrand that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They will answer for taking safety early while edge rusher, quarterback and other spots went begging. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

They left with cornerback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 20
In slot 25 they get a sticky cover corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Kamren Kinchens · S · rank 34
Kamren Kinchens at the 41st overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the safety. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 61
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jeremiah Trotter Jr.. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 95
They paid sticker price for Zak Zinter in No. 88, and that is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 82
Nice patience on Mike Sainristil, who had no business lasting to the Round 3 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · MarShawn Lloyd · RB · rank 130
MarShawn Lloyd at pick 126 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · Malik Mustapha · S · rank 139
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Malik Mustapha adds a safety and leaves edge rusher, quarterback and other spots untouched.
R6.28 · Pick 203 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 242
They reached into another round for Matthew Jones, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It fills a real need, too.
R6.42 · Pick 217 · JD Bertrand · LB · rank 195
They barely believed it either: JD Bertrand still on the board at the 217th overall pick. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 257
Value said wait; Dwight McGlothern in the Round 6 slot says they were not listening. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Joshua Cephus · WR · rank 239
This one needs a full-page explanation: Joshua Cephus in pick No. 220, miles early. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.26 · Pick 246 · Walter Rouse · OT · rank 258
They paid a round early for Walter Rouse in the 246th pick, more than the board wanted. The roster fit checks out.
R7.27 · Pick 247 · Trey Wedig · OT · rank 269
They left a pile of value on the table to take Trey Wedig this early at No. 247. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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