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Green Bay Packers

A masterclass at the trade table lands the Packers a B.

by leapinLambeaus · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B-
Trades A+
Future B-

There is reaching, and then there is DeMonte Capehart at pick 251. The Packers jumped the board by 109 and dared it to prove them wrong. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

However the rest shakes out, Whittington at that price is a win they earned. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. With edge rusher and cornerback unsolved, spending premium capital on linebacker is the choice that costs them.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.9 · Pick 9 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 16
In Round 1, Pick 9 they get a true top target. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Jeremiah Trotter Jr. · LB · rank 44
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. at slot 43 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.9 · Pick 73 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 83
Amarius Mims in the 73rd pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.23 · Pick 86 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 85
They paid sticker price for Zak Zinter in the 86th overall pick, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 128
They bypassed pressing needs at edge rusher and cornerback to take Tommy Eichenberg, a linebacker that was not the priority.
R4.35 · Pick 135 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 137
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cole Bishop. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 142
They took Tyler Guyton at par in pick 139, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.23 · Pick 159 · Malachi Moore · DB · rank 154
Malachi Moore at Round 5, Pick 23 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Where it fits the depth chart is the real question.
R6.12 · Pick 187 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 150
Somehow Devontez Walker was still sitting there in pick No. 187, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · Erick All · TE · rank 233
The board had cheaper options than Erick All at the 219th pick, and it noticed. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Cody Schrader · RB · rank 231
Cody Schrader at No. 230 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.12 · Pick 232 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 266
A big swing on Sam Hartman at the 232nd overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.31 · Pick 251 · DeMonte Capehart · DT · rank 360
Value said wait; DeMonte Capehart in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Jordan Whittington · WR · rank 206
They barely believed it either: Jordan Whittington still on the board at slot 255. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
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