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Green Bay Packers
The Packers lost the trade table, and the D- tells the story.
by Turnereddie55 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 16 picks
· 1 steals
· 5 reaches
They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Javon Foster, 31 picks early at Round 3, Pick 26. Hard to defend, and the D- reflects that.
The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. That is a safety worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.
Pick-by-Pick
Javon Bullard at the 56th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in pick 57 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Kiran Amegadjie in Round 2, Pick 26 is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They paid sticker price for Cooper Beebe in pick No. 64, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Kris Abrams-Draine at slot 79 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
No drama and no debate, Gabriel Murphy went about where he belonged in the 87th overall pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Trey Benson. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Javon Foster at the 89th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They reached into another round for Tyler Davis, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They took Ben Sinnott at par in slot 124, which is nothing to complain about. The roster fit checks out.
Jarrian Jones in No. 126 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Michael Pratt at the Round 4 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A clean, defensible pick in Round 4, Pick 33 with a little surplus value in Johnny Wilson. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A slide stopped in the 169th pick, with Tykee Smith worth more than the price. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
A straight-up fair deal on Jaylan Ford at slot 202, value and slot in agreement. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
JD Bertrand in Round 6, Pick 44 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
