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BTF Packers Mock 24.4

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Draft Selections
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (GB)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (GB)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (GB)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Tyler Davis Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Tyler Davis
DT Clemson
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (GB)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (GB)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (GB)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (GB)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Kenny Logan Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (GB)
Kenny Logan Jr.
S Kansas
Carson Steele Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 6 (GB)
Carson Steele
RB UCLA
Daequan Hardy Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (GB)
Daequan Hardy
CB Penn State
Brandon Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (GB)
Brandon Thomas
RB Memphis
Draft Picks Received
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (TB)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (TB)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (CAR)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Draft Picks Traded
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (TB)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (CAR)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Zyon McCollum
CB
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedB TradesA- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Packers a B.

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Packers reached some 68 spots for Brandon Thomas, and value like that does not grow back. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. Spending an early pick on linebacker with edge rusher, quarterback and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

That is a cornerback worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a potential shutdown corner, reach and all. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick51 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
They let T.J. Tampa come to them and pounced at No. 51. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick65 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson at pick No. 65 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick83 Rnd3 Johnny Wilson
A slide stopped in pick 83, with Johnny Wilson worth more than the price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick88 Rnd3 Tyler Davis
A straight-up fair deal on Tyler Davis at the 88th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick92 Rnd3 Matt Goncalves
Matt Goncalves at the 92nd pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick125 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
A curious use of No. 125. Edge rusher, quarterback and other spots needed the pick; a linebacker in Cedric Gray did not.
Pick135 Rnd4 Dylan Laube
No edge and no loss on Dylan Laube in slot 135; it is a wash and a sensible one. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick168 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
Jordan Jefferson at the 168th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. It fills a real need, too.
Pick203 Rnd6 Kenny Logan Jr.
Kenny Logan Jr. at Round 6, Pick 28 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick217 Rnd6 Carson Steele
Carson Steele in the 217th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick219 Rnd6 Daequan Hardy
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Daequan Hardy. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick246 Rnd7 Brandon Thomas
Value said wait; Brandon Thomas in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.