mhollander21'S MOCK DRAFT

1 March 11

  • mhollander21 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Packers
Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (GB)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (GB)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 201 RND: 6 (GB)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Rasheen Ali Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (GB)
Rasheen Ali
RB Marshall
Trevin Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (GB)
Trevin Wallace
LB Kentucky
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (GB)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Packers, and a B- to prove it.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Packers did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to edge rusher, which was the need that mattered most. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

Reaching for Bortolini left real value on the table behind him. Fashanu falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Cornerback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. They trusted the board more than the depth chart.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
Olumuyiwa Fashanu slid further than he should have, and the 25th pick is lovely value for the offensive lineman. It fills a real need, too.
Pick41 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
No drama and no debate, Edgerrin Cooper went about where he belonged in the 41st overall pick. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick58 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
The board had T'Vondre Sweat higher than pick No. 58, and the interior defensive lineman fell to them anyway. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick88 Rnd3 Calen Bullock
A slide stopped in No. 88, with Calen Bullock worth more than the price. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick91 Rnd3 Trey Benson
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Trey Benson. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick125 Rnd4 Jaylin Simpson
Jaylin Simpson in Round 4, Pick 25 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick168 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kitan Oladapo at the Round 5 slot. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick201 Rnd6 Tanor Bortolini
Tanor Bortolini in slot 201 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick219 Rnd6 Rasheen Ali
No edge and no loss on Rasheen Ali in pick No. 219; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick245 Rnd7 Trevin Wallace
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Trevin Wallace at the Round 7 slot is the proof. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick255 Rnd7 Jordan Magee
Nice patience on Jordan Magee, who had no business lasting to the 255th pick. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.