Nobody had Tanor Bortolini this high, and it is not close. The Packers reached 125 spots to get him at the Round 3 slot. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.
The Oladapo pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher, quarterback and other spots still on the board. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.
The McCormick pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Ladd McConkey
· WR
· rank 32
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a matchup problem out wide. A real need, handled.
R2.18
· Pick 50
· Payton Wilson
· LB
· rank 43
Payton Wilson at the Round 2 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R2.26
· Pick 58
· Cole Bishop
· S
· rank 110
They reached a country mile for Cole Bishop at No. 58, and the board is aghast. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Roger Rosengarten
· OT
· rank 146
A big swing on Roger Rosengarten at pick 91, well ahead of any board in the building. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.29
· Pick 92
· Tanor Bortolini
· C
· rank 217
Tanor Bortolini in the 92nd pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.35
· Pick 98
· Kitan Oladapo
· S
· rank 156
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending pick No. 98 on Kitan Oladapo with edge rusher, quarterback and other spots unsolved.
R4.25
· Pick 125
· Elijah Jones
· CB
· rank 193
They reached into another round for Elijah Jones, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Dylan Laube
· RB
· rank 151
They left a pile of value on the table to take Dylan Laube this early at Round 4, Pick 26. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.25
· Pick 161
· Luke McCaffrey
· WR
· rank 165
Luke McCaffrey in the 161st pick is fair value, right on his grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.33
· Pick 169
· Kamal Hadden
· CB
· rank 167
Kamal Hadden at the 169th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.35
· Pick 171
· Mason McCormick
· OT
· rank 159
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Mason McCormick in No. 171. The roster fit checks out.
R6.27
· Pick 202
· Trey Taylor
· S
· rank 297
A real head-scratcher, Trey Taylor in pick 202 is miles ahead of his ranking. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R6.44
· Pick 219
· Carson Steele
· RB
· rank 313
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Carson Steele well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.25
· Pick 245
· Evan Anderson
· DL
· rank 295
Evan Anderson at the Round 7 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.35
· Pick 255
· Cal Haladay
· LB
· rank 337
Value said wait; Cal Haladay in pick No. 255 says they were not listening. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.