The board owed the Packers one, and it paid up: Johnny Dixon, the No. 126 name on the board, sitting there at the 203rd pick like a gift left on the doorstep. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.
Reaching for Sherman left real value on the table behind him. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. They were the ones paying the moving tax this weekend.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
R2.9
· Pick 41
· Amarius Mims
· OT
· rank 22
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Amarius Mims in No. 41, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
R2.23
· Pick 55
· Kalen King
· CB
· rank 41
Kalen King is a better player than Round 2, Pick 23 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.25
· Pick 57
· Kris Jenkins
· DL-EDGE
· rank 44
Nice patience on Kris Jenkins, who had no business lasting to slot 57. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.25
· Pick 88
· Roman Wilson
· WR
· rank 79
Roman Wilson in the 88th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.28
· Pick 91
· Blake Corum
· RB
· rank 72
Taking Blake Corum in the Round 3 slot is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.26
· Pick 126
· Theo Johnson
· TE
· rank 151
They left a pile of value on the table to take Theo Johnson this early at the 126th overall pick. It fills a real need, too.
R4.35
· Pick 135
· James Williams
· S
· rank 135
James Williams in pick No. 135 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R5.32
· Pick 168
· Kitan Oladapo
· S
· rank 168
Kitan Oladapo in pick 168 is fair value, right on his grade. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R6.28
· Pick 203
· Johnny Dixon
· CB
· rank 126
The board fumbled Johnny Dixon all the way to Round 6, Pick 28, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.41
· Pick 216
· Ethan Driskell
· OT
· rank 190
They barely believed it either: Ethan Driskell still on the board at pick No. 216. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.23
· Pick 243
· MJ Sherman
· OLB-EDGE
· rank 304
MJ Sherman at pick 243 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. This was not a hole anyone had circled.
R7.31
· Pick 251
· Rasheen Ali
· RB
· rank 202
Rasheen Ali in slot 251 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.