kooners'S MOCK DRAFT

Packer draft

  • kooners DRAFTING FOR THE
    Packers
Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (GB)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (GB)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (GB)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (GB)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Trevin Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (GB)
Trevin Wallace
LB Kentucky
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (GB)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Packers cashed the board's mistake on Greenfield: B.

The board owed the Packers one, and it paid up: Garret Greenfield, the No. 216 name on the board, sitting there at Round 7, Pick 35 like a gift left on the doorstep.

The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. They went 2 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In the 25th pick they get a potential shutdown corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick41 Rnd2 Graham Barton
They let Graham Barton come to them and pounced at Round 2, Pick 9. The roster fit checks out.
Pick58 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
The board had Edgerrin Cooper higher than pick 58, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick88 Rnd3 Patrick Paul
They will replay Patrick Paul at the Round 3 slot for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick91 Rnd3 Max Melton
Max Melton slid further than he should have, and slot 91 is lovely value for the cornerback. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick126 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
A cornerback of that caliber at pick No. 126 is the definition of value, full stop. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick169 Rnd5 Tykee Smith
Tykee Smith at No. 169 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick202 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
Somehow Kamal Hadden was still sitting there in the 202nd overall pick, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick219 Rnd6 Nathaniel Watson
Fair-plus on Nathaniel Watson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick245 Rnd7 Trevin Wallace
Value with a capital V on Trevin Wallace in Round 7, Pick 25, a genuine coup. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick255 Rnd7 Garret Greenfield
Garret Greenfield at slot 255 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.