The Packers ran the phones like sharks, prying loose value on deal after deal until the ledger was lopsided. A dependable weekend that grades out a B+.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. That Franklin pick is the receipt they will wave around later. It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Packers had louder needs to answer first.

The Wyatt Teller pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.