B
Green Bay Packers
The Packers let Wallace fall and pounced. Final grade: B.
by SteveOM1 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 3 steals
· 5 reaches
Call it larceny. Caedan Wallace sat on the board until Round 7, Pick 35, and the Packers did not need to be asked twice.
They are betting Spann-Ford proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 25 they get a cornerstone up front at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Xavier Worthy at No. 48 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Christian Haynes in the Round 2 slot is fair value, right on his grade. It fills a real need, too.
A quiet steal in pick 88: Max Melton for less than the market said. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They went early on Cole Bishop in the 91st pick, and the value did not follow. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
A real head-scratcher, Cedric Gray in Round 3, Pick 33 is miles ahead of his ranking. It adds depth where they could use a little.
A tidy little value on Javon Foster in pick No. 126, a step better than break-even. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Ty'Ron Hopper in the 169th overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Daijun Edwards slipping to pick 202 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Brevyn Spann-Ford in the 212th pick, miles early. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Tyler Owens at the 219th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Bub Means in Round 7, Pick 25 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
The board fumbled Caedan Wallace all the way to No. 255, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
