The Packers spent real capital to be 76 picks early on Dallas Gant, and the board is going to hold them to it. More right than wrong, and a B- to match.
Whatever else happened, they won the night they took McGlothern. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Dallas Turner
· LB-EDGE
· rank 14
In the 25th pick they get juice off the edge, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Taliese Fuaga
· OT
· rank 16
They robbed the room for Taliese Fuaga here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Payton Wilson
· LB
· rank 57
No drama and no debate, Payton Wilson went about where he belonged in Round 2, Pick 26. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Jaden Hicks
· S
· rank 85
Jaden Hicks at pick No. 88 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Khyree Jackson
· CB
· rank 95
Khyree Jackson at pick 91 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Zak Zinter
· OG
· rank 105
A offensive lineman of that caliber at slot 126 is the definition of value, full stop. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Kamal Hadden
· CB
· rank 168
They took Kamal Hadden at par in slot 169, which is nothing to complain about. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.27
· Pick 202
· Dwight McGlothern
· CB
· rank 161
They will replay Dwight McGlothern at pick No. 202 for years; that is how good the value is. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Tyler Owens
· S
· rank 255
A big swing on Tyler Owens at the 219th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R7.25
· Pick 245
· Dallas Gant
· LB
· rank 321
Dallas Gant at No. 245 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.35
· Pick 255
· Frank Crum
· OT
· rank 294
A real head-scratcher, Frank Crum in the Round 7 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.