B
Green Bay Packers
Good, not great, for the Packers: B.
by packerz ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 0 steals
· 1 reaches
There is a lot to like until you notice edge rusher is still a hole. The Packers never got to the one that mattered most.
The Jones reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most.
The weekend tilted hard toward the defense. They bet on numbers rather than a single high pick.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 25 they get a ballhawk on the outside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Edgerrin Cooper in slot 46 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Kingsley Suamataia at Round 2, Pick 26 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A tidy little value on Jaylen Wright in pick No. 77, a step better than break-even. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Jaden Hicks at the 88th overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Fair-plus on Maason Smith, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A need, and now a little less of one.
A reach for Jarrian Jones in the 126th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.