B-
Green Bay Packers
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Packers and Fitzgerald: B-.
by Packers the best ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 5 steals
· 3 reaches
Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Ryan Fitzgerald got past him. The Packers do not have to explain a thing at the Round 6 slot.
If Ewers pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
They talked themselves into Kaleb Johnson at pick No. 23, and the board did not agree. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Quinn Ewers. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jack Bech at No. 87 is the proof. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, Elijah Arroyo in pick 122, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They robbed the room for Chris Paul Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
You do not let a specialist like Ryan Fitzgerald reach slot 196 and blink. They did not. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing DJ Campbell in the 237th pick. A need, and now a little less of one.
A wild overpay on Thor Griffith in Round 7, Pick 34, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.