C+
Green Bay Packers
The Packers did enough to get by: C+.
by GSD3 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 17 picks
· 2 steals
· 10 reaches
It is the swing that defines the weekend: Christian Jones in pick No. 147, a good 50 spots before the room expected him.
The Simpson pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. It is not that Gray is a bad player; it is that the Packers had louder needs to answer first.
Call it incomplete, and check back in a couple of seasons.
Pick-by-Pick
Quinyon Mitchell in pick No. 31 is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
No edge and no loss on Jackson Powers-Johnson in the Round 2 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster fit checks out.
Edgerrin Cooper at slot 57 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Fair-plus on Mike Sainristil, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A wild overpay on Darius Robinson in No. 91, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Malachi Corley at the 94th pick is the proof. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A surprising call. With quarterback, tight end and other spots still to address, they spent the 97th overall pick on Cedric Gray, a linebacker they were not short of.
Jaylen Wright at the Round 4 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A big swing on Braelon Allen at the 135th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Kitan Oladapo this early at slot 137. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Christian Jones well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Somehow Jaylin Simpson was still sitting there in Round 5, Pick 35, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
No drama and no debate, Javon Baker went about where he belonged in No. 178. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They talked themselves into Mark Perry at pick No. 203, and the board did not agree. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
They reached into another round for Matthew Jones, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They reached a country mile for Dwight McGlothern at slot 219, and the board is aghast. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They liked Walter Rouse enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 7 slot. A need, and now a little less of one.