There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Packers started one anyway for Braelon Allen, 44 picks ahead of schedule. It nets out a thoroughly average C.
They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. With quarterback, tight end and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on DT-EDGE is the choice that costs them.
Landing Liufau that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.
It grades out a shrug today, with plenty of room to move either way.
Pick-by-Pick
R1.28
· Pick 28
· Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
· CB
· rank 38
In No. 28 they get a potential shutdown corner, though they paid up to get him. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.3
· Pick 35
· Tyler Guyton
· OT
· rank 40
A straight-up fair deal on Tyler Guyton at the 35th pick, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.25
· Pick 57
· Edgerrin Cooper
· LB
· rank 57
No drama and no debate, Edgerrin Cooper went about where he belonged in the Round 2 slot. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R2.28
· Pick 60
· Trey Benson
· RB
· rank 70
A reach on Trey Benson in pick 60; the board had better options right there. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.8
· Pick 72
· Johnny Wilson
· WR
· rank 74
Johnny Wilson at the 72nd overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
R3.9
· Pick 73
· Maason Smith
· DT-EDGE
· rank 87
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Maason Smith at DT-EDGE with quarterback, tight end and other spots open.
R3.37
· Pick 100
· Marist Liufau
· LB
· rank 86
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Marist Liufau adds a linebacker and leaves quarterback, tight end and other spots untouched.
R4.4
· Pick 104
· Darius Robinson
· DL-EDGE
· rank 121
A reach for Darius Robinson in slot 104; a little patience would have been rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.11
· Pick 111
· Braelon Allen
· RB
· rank 155
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Braelon Allen well ahead of where he belonged. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.19
· Pick 119
· Cole Bishop
· S
· rank 129
Cole Bishop at Round 4, Pick 19 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.20
· Pick 120
· James Williams
· S
· rank 134
A curious use of pick No. 120. Quarterback, tight end and other spots needed the pick; a safety in James Williams did not.