Somebody in Round 4, Pick 26 was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Packers sat still while Cade Stover, the No. 93 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C+.
The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. The Van Pran reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. With quarterback and tight end unsolved, spending premium capital on TE-EDGE is the choice that costs them.
Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.
Hit on Dallas Turner and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.25
· Pick 25
· Dallas Turner
· LB-EDGE
· rank 14
Dallas Turner at pick No. 25 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.18
· Pick 50
· Kamren Kinchens
· S
· rank 34
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kamren Kinchens at No. 50. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R2.22
· Pick 54
· Cooper Beebe
· OG
· rank 75
Cooper Beebe in Round 2, Pick 22 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The roster fit checks out.
R2.25
· Pick 57
· Sedrick Van Pran
· C
· rank 89
Sedrick Van Pran in the 57th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Mike Sainristil
· CB
· rank 80
They let Mike Sainristil come to them and pounced at the Round 3 slot. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Cade Stover
· TE-EDGE
· rank 93
A surprising call. With quarterback and tight end still to address, they spent slot 126 on Cade Stover, a TE-EDGE they were not short of.
R5.24
· Pick 160
· Luke McCaffrey
· WR
· rank 143
Value with a capital V on Luke McCaffrey in the 160th pick, a genuine coup. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.32
· Pick 168
· Javion Cohen
· OG
· rank 151
Javion Cohen is a better player than pick 168 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.35
· Pick 171
· Edefuan Ulofoshio
· LB
· rank 160
They read the board right and Edefuan Ulofoshio was the payoff at No. 171. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R6.28
· Pick 203
· Jawhar Jordan
· RB
· rank 219
Jawhar Jordan at pick 203 is a conviction pick that outran the value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.41
· Pick 216
· Christian Jones
· OT
· rank 208
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Christian Jones at the 216th pick is the proof. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.23
· Pick 243
· Zion Logue
· DL
· rank 268
They left a pile of value on the table to take Zion Logue this early at the 243rd overall pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.31
· Pick 251
· Ryan Watts
· CB
· rank 225
Taking Ryan Watts in Round 7, Pick 31 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
