PACKERS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

  1. Home
  2. My Stuff
  3. Y

Y B-

URL y-2046

Letter grade with a four-component score, written analysis, and a pick-by-pick breakdown for every selection in this saved mock.

My Mock Drafts →
Grade another draft →
B-

Green Bay Packers

Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Packers.

by jj3325 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 6 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

When the story of this class is written, it opens with John Emery Jr. at pick No. 251, a reach of 115 spots that the board flatly disagrees with. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

The Phillips steal is the beam this whole class leans on. It is not that Hicks is a bad player; it is that the Packers had louder needs to answer first.

They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 19
In No. 25 they get an island corner. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Jackson Powers-Johnson · C · rank 51
Jackson Powers-Johnson at pick No. 41 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Calen Bullock · S · rank 46
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Calen Bullock at pick 57. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Jaden Hicks · S · rank 107
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Jaden Hicks at safety with edge rusher, quarterback and other spots open.
R3.28 · Pick 91 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 136
They talked themselves into Cedric Gray at the 91st overall pick, and the board did not agree. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 163
A big swing on Jaylen Wright at Round 4, Pick 26, well ahead of any board in the building. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.32 · Pick 168 · Jaylin Simpson · CB · rank 154
Jaylin Simpson is a better player than the 168th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.28 · Pick 203 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 208
No edge and no loss on Christian Jones in No. 203; it is a wash and a sensible one. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Andru Phillips · CB · rank 176
Somehow Andru Phillips was still sitting there in slot 216, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.23 · Pick 243 · Nathaniel Watson · LB · rank 259
Nathaniel Watson at Round 7, Pick 23 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
R7.31 · Pick 251 · John Emery Jr. · RB · rank 366
John Emery Jr. in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
View Full Draft