B-
Green Bay Packers
The Packers turned the phones into found money: B-.
by mottski ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 0 steals
· 6 reaches
The war room fell hard for Frank Crum, and it showed at Round 7, Pick 25: 48 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.
Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Spending an early pick on safety with edge rusher, wide receiver and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 18th pick they get a lockdown presence outside at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a long-term starter on the line. A real need, handled.
They paid up for Edgerrin Cooper at pick No. 41 when waiting would have done the job. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Jaden Hicks in the 88th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
A want over a need in No. 91: Cole Bishop adds a safety while edge rusher, wide receiver and other spots keeps waiting.
Christian Mahogany at the Round 3 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
No edge and no loss on Isaac Guerendo in Round 4, Pick 26; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Tanor Bortolini in pick 169 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A need, and now a little less of one.
A real head-scratcher, Jordan Magee in No. 202 is miles ahead of his ranking. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
They reached a country mile for Trey Taylor at the Round 6 slot, and the board is aghast. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
A wild overpay on Frank Crum in pick No. 245, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They paid sticker price for Sam Hartman in the 255th overall pick, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
