Doogie22'S MOCK DRAFT

Packers 2-1-24

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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (GB)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (GB)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (GB)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (GB)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Cal Haladay Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (GB)
Cal Haladay
LB Michigan State
Isaac Rex Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 6 (GB)
Isaac Rex
TE BYU
Hayden Hatten Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (GB)
Hayden Hatten
WR Idaho
Akeem Dent Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (GB)
Akeem Dent
S Florida State
Draft Picks Received
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 16 RND: 1 (SEA)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Players traded away
Head Shot
Jaire Alexander
CB
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall F
ValueC- NeedB TradesF FutureB-
The Hatten reach set the tone, and the Packers never recovered: F.

The Packers spent real capital to be 82 picks early on Hayden Hatten, and the board is going to hold them to it.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. The roster is better shaped than it was, with cornerback chief among the fixes.

There is no soft landing here; this class has to massively overperform just to matter.

Pick Analysis
Pick16 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In pick No. 16 they get a press-man option on the boundary. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick25 Rnd1 T'Vondre Sweat
This one needs a full-page explanation: T'Vondre Sweat in No. 25, miles early. It fills a real need, too.
Pick41 Rnd2 Jackson Powers-Johnson
Jackson Powers-Johnson in the 41st pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick57 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
A clean, defensible pick in Round 2, Pick 25 with a little surplus value in Kingsley Suamataia. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick88 Rnd3 Cole Bishop
Cole Bishop at the Round 3 slot is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick91 Rnd3 Dillon Johnson
A wild overpay on Dillon Johnson in the 91st overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick125 Rnd4 Cam Hart
They jumped the gun on Cam Hart, taking him earlier than his grade liked. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick135 Rnd4 Dylan Laube
No drama and no debate, Dylan Laube went about where he belonged in Round 4, Pick 35. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick203 Rnd6 Cal Haladay
They talked themselves into Cal Haladay at pick No. 203, and the board did not agree. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick217 Rnd6 Isaac Rex
Isaac Rex in the Round 6 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick219 Rnd6 Hayden Hatten
A big swing on Hayden Hatten at the 219th pick, well ahead of any board in the building. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick246 Rnd7 Akeem Dent
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Akeem Dent. Stacking talent where they were already deep.