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  • emc2feld DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (GB)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (GB)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (GB)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (GB)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
Caedan Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (GB)
Caedan Wallace
OT Penn State
Josh Proctor Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (GB)
Josh Proctor
S Ohio State
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Packers let Fuaga fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The Packers spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Taliese Fuaga, the No. 16 name on the board, in pick No. 58. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

They are betting Jacobs proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In No. 25 they get a cornerstone up front, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
Pick41 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
Taking Kool-Aid McKinstry in the 41st pick is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick58 Rnd2 Taliese Fuaga
Taliese Fuaga in the Round 2 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick88 Rnd3 Max Melton
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Max Melton at Round 3, Pick 25. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick91 Rnd3 Jaden Hicks
Nothing to complain about; Jaden Hicks went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick126 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
No drama and no debate, Isaac Guerendo went about where he belonged in slot 126. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick169 Rnd5 Curtis Jacobs
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Curtis Jacobs. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick202 Rnd6 Joe Milton III
A straight-up fair deal on Joe Milton III at the 202nd overall pick, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick219 Rnd6 Edefuan Ulofoshio
A reach on Edefuan Ulofoshio in the 219th overall pick; the board had better options right there. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Pick245 Rnd7 Caedan Wallace
Steal is underselling it; Caedan Wallace at slot 245 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick255 Rnd7 Josh Proctor
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Josh Proctor in No. 255. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.