cdgolden01'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • cdgolden01 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Packers
Draft Selections
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (GB)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (GB)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (GB)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Tai Felton Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (GB)
Tai Felton
WR Maryland
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (GB)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Tyler Baron Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (GB)
Tyler Baron
DE-EDGE Miami
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (GB)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
John Williams Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (GB)
John Williams
OT Cincinnati
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (GB)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Draft Picks Received
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Draft Picks Traded
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (MIN)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Justin Skule
OT
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
Larceny in the Round 7 slot lands the Packers a B, Brooks and all.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Tahj Brooks tumbling to the Packers in pick 250 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

They are betting Williams proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.

They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Derrick Harmon
In the 30th pick they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at fair value.
Pick54 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins in the 54th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick62 Rnd2 Darien Porter
They paid up for Darien Porter at pick No. 62 when waiting would have done the job. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick87 Rnd3 Tai Felton
A reach on Tai Felton in pick 87; the board had better options right there. The roster fit checks out.
Pick124 Rnd4 Dylan Fairchild
Steal is underselling it; Dylan Fairchild at Round 4, Pick 22 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick159 Rnd5 Tyler Baron
A straight-up fair deal on Tyler Baron at the Round 5 slot, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick198 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. slipping to No. 198 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick237 Rnd7 John Williams
This one needs a full-page explanation: John Williams in slot 237, miles early. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick250 Rnd7 Tahj Brooks
Taking Tahj Brooks in pick 250 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.