B
Green Bay Packers
The Packers let Benson fall and pounced. Final grade: B.
by Nonya ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 3 steals
· 1 reaches
The board owed the Packers one, and it paid up: Trey Benson, the No. 58 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 3 slot like a gift left on the doorstep. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.
For all the activity, quarterback went untouched, which is hard to explain. The cost of the Walker reach is exactly the players who went right after him.
Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same. Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 9 they get a long-term starter on the line. A clean fit for the roster.
The board had Nate Wiggins higher than slot 43, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Kris Jenkins at the Round 2 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Kamren Kinchens is a better player than No. 73 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A minor itch, scratched.
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Trey Benson in the 82nd pick, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
No drama and no debate, Jalen McMillan went about where he belonged in pick No. 109. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A premium they did not need to pay, Devontez Walker a notch or two before his time. The roster fit checks out.