B
Green Bay Packers
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Packers.
by DMMO ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 7 steals
· 3 reaches
There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Packers started one anyway for Aaron Lewis, 82 picks ahead of schedule.
The Henderson pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. With quarterback, tight end and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on linebacker is the choice that costs them.
They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 25 they get a long-term starter on the line. A clean fit for the roster.
Value with a capital V on Keon Coleman in pick No. 41, a genuine coup. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Quinyon Mitchell in No. 57 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Steal is underselling it; Jonathon Brooks at Round 3, Pick 25 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Tyrice Knight. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Cedric Gray at linebacker with quarterback, tight end and other spots open.
Taking Malik Mustapha in the 168th pick is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Somehow LaDarius Henderson was still sitting there in pick 203, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Isaiah Davis at the Round 6 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Aaron Lewis in No. 243 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Omar Speights in Round 7, Pick 31, plain and simple. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
