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Draft Selections
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Devontez Walker Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (GB)
Devontez Walker
WR North Carolina
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (GB)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (GB)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (GB)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (GB)
Joshua Gray
OT Oregon State
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 6 (GB)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Maurice Smith Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (GB)
Maurice Smith
C Florida State
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (GB)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Draft Picks Received
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Draft Picks Traded
Erick All Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (NYJ)
Erick All
TE Iowa
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Packers let Burton fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

The board owed the Packers one, and it paid up: Jermaine Burton, the No. 62 name on the board, sitting there at the 88th overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. The cost of the Smith reach is exactly the players who went right after him. It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Packers had louder needs to answer first.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Kamari Lassiter
In pick 25 they get an island corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick41 Rnd2 Jordan Morgan
A slide stopped in the 41st pick, with Jordan Morgan worth more than the price. It fills a real need, too.
Pick57 Rnd2 Devontez Walker
They read the board right and Devontez Walker was the payoff at No. 57. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick88 Rnd3 Jermaine Burton
Circle this one: Jermaine Burton at the Round 3 slot is a fall that decides a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick92 Rnd3 Maason Smith
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE and leaves edge rusher, quarterback and other spots untouched.
Pick125 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
A reasonable price with a little left over, Khyree Jackson in slot 125. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick135 Rnd4 Junior Colson
Junior Colson in the 135th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick203 Rnd6 Joshua Gray
Joshua Gray in pick No. 203 lands just on the right side of the ledger. The roster fit checks out.
Pick217 Rnd6 Matthew Jones
Matthew Jones at the Round 6 slot is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick219 Rnd6 Maurice Smith
Maurice Smith at Round 6, Pick 44 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick255 Rnd7 Cody Schrader
You do not let a running back like Cody Schrader reach No. 255 and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.