B
Green Bay Packers
The Packers won the night they stopped McCoy from sliding. Grade: B.
by THEVOLAK ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 15 picks
· 13 steals
· 0 reaches
The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Packers watched Bru McCoy slide 52 picks past his grade and did not hesitate. No fireworks, but a solid B.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 26 they get a cornerstone up front. A real need, handled.
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 46, where Troy Fautanu graded well above the range. A need, and now a little less of one.
They will replay Keon Coleman at the 53rd overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Graham Barton at Round 2, Pick 26 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
You do not let a cornerback like Kalen King reach pick 83 and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They robbed the room for Caelen Carson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Audric Estime at the 119th pick is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Junior Colson slid further than he should have, and the Round 4 slot is lovely value for the linebacker. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
A quiet steal in pick No. 135: Jahdae Barron for less than the market said. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Jaylan Ford in slot 153 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
The board fumbled Ainias Smith all the way to pick 197, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Joshua Gray in the 212th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The roster fit checks out.
Miyan Williams at the 217th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Curtis Jacobs in the Round 6 slot. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Circle this one: Bru McCoy at No. 240 is a fall that decides a draft. It patches a soft spot without any drama.