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Green Bay Packers
A weekend the Packers spent ahead of the board, for worse: F.
by Doogie22 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 16 picks
· 0 steals
· 13 reaches
The Packers put a flag in the ground for Kyle Hergel, 111 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit. The board sounded every alarm, and the F is the fallout.
The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.
Bottom line, it will take a lot of luck to make this look better later.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a home-run threat at receiver. A real need, handled.
They took T'Vondre Sweat at par in slot 41, which is nothing to complain about. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They liked Mike Sainristil enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 2, Pick 26. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A conviction pick on Cooper Beebe at No. 60 that the board grades a round light. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They jumped the gun on Cam Hart, taking him earlier than his grade liked. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Cole Bishop in the 88th overall pick, miles early. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Audric Estime in slot 91 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Ben Sinnott at the Round 3 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A premium they did not need to pay, Cedric Gray a notch or two before his time. A minor need, but a need all the same.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Dylan Laube this early at No. 127. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Value said wait; Elijah Jones in the 129th overall pick says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Luke McCaffrey in Round 5, Pick 32. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Trey Taylor well ahead of where he belonged. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
A wild overpay on Jalen Sundell in the 216th pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The roster fit checks out.
Kyle Hergel at the Round 7 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Cal Haladay. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
