B
Green Bay Packers
The Packers checked most of the boxes and earned a B.
by Pack a Day 1 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 2 steals
· 6 reaches
If confidence were a draft strategy, the Packers would have aced it. Trey Taylor at the 216th pick is 81 spots clear of where he belonged.
Getting Mitchell where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it. The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 27 they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
They let Graham Barton come to them and pounced at pick 41. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Taking Adonai Mitchell in No. 58 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Fair-plus on Khyree Jackson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Isaac Guerendo at the 91st overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Ben Sinnott in the Round 4 slot is fair value, right on his grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A conviction pick on Tykee Smith at No. 137 that the board grades a round light. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Jordan Travis in pick No. 161 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Trevor Keegan at the Round 5 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Kimani Vidal at the 204th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They talked themselves into Trey Taylor at Round 6, Pick 41, and the board did not agree. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Dallas Gant. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
They paid up for Marcellas Dial at the 251st pick when waiting would have done the job. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
