PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Packers 2024 02-07-2 B

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Best value of the weekend goes to the Packers for Smith-Wade: B.

by Pack a Day 1 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 4 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades B
Future B-

Somebody in the 203rd overall pick was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Packers sat still while Chau Smith-Wade, the No. 162 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. The bottom line is a respectable B.

Mettauer has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They will answer for taking TE-EDGE early while edge rusher, quarterback and other spots went begging.

Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Nate Wiggins · CB · rank 15
In pick No. 25 they get a ballhawk on the outside at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Taliese Fuaga · OT · rank 17
Taliese Fuaga in pick 41 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 58
They paid sticker price for Edgerrin Cooper in No. 57, and that is fine. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Tykee Smith · S · rank 97
Tykee Smith in Round 3, Pick 25 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.30 · Pick 93 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 95
They took Zak Zinter at par in the 93rd pick, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Cade Stover · TE-EDGE · rank 94
A curious use of the 125th overall pick. Edge rusher, quarterback and other spots needed the pick; a TE-EDGE in Cade Stover did not.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · MarShawn Lloyd · RB · rank 130
MarShawn Lloyd in the Round 4 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.31 · Pick 167 · Kitan Oladapo · S · rank 166
By-the-book stuff, Kitan Oladapo at slot 167 squarely in line with his ranking. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R6.28 · Pick 203 · Chau Smith-Wade · CB · rank 162
Somehow Chau Smith-Wade was still sitting there in slot 203, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.42 · Pick 217 · Matthew Jones · OG · rank 242
Matthew Jones at pick No. 217 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Trevor Keegan · OG · rank 234
Trevor Keegan at the 219th pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.26 · Pick 246 · Joshua Cephus · WR · rank 239
Nothing to complain about; Joshua Cephus went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It fills a real need, too.
R7.31 · Pick 251 · McKade Mettauer · OG · rank 280
Value said wait; McKade Mettauer in pick 251 says they were not listening. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
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