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2024_12_12_1
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emc2feld DRAFTING FOR THEPackers
Draft Selections
Draft Picks Received
Draft Picks Traded
Players Gained
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall
B+
ValueB+
NeedB-
TradesA+
FutureB+
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Packers and Simon: B+. The board owed the Packers one, and it paid up: Cody Simon, the No. 132 name on the board, sitting there at the 225th overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep. More right than wrong, and a B+ to match.
Reaching for Covington left real value on the table behind him. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. The Perkins Jr. pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback, tight end and other spots.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.
Pick Analysis
Pick43
Rnd2
Luther Burden III
Luther Burden III at the 43rd pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick76
Rnd3
Jalon Walker
Somehow Jalon Walker was still sitting there in No. 76, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick90
Rnd3
Jake Majors
They took Jake Majors at par in slot 90, which is nothing to complain about. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick97
Rnd3
Maxwell Hairston
Maxwell Hairston in the Round 3 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick127
Rnd4
Harold Perkins Jr.
Of all the spots to shop, they chose linebacker. Harold Perkins Jr. in Round 4, Pick 26 leaves quarterback, tight end and other spots for later.
Pick141
Rnd5
Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. in pick 141 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick147
Rnd5
TreVeyon Henderson
The board fumbled TreVeyon Henderson all the way to the 147th overall pick, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick163
Rnd5
Smael Mondon Jr.
Smael Mondon Jr. in pick No. 163 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick168
Rnd5
Parker Brailsford
Circle this one: Parker Brailsford at pick 168 is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick171
Rnd5
Jordan Burch
A edge rusher of that caliber at Round 5, Pick 33 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick202
Rnd6
J.Michael Sturdivant
They left a pile of value on the table to take J.Michael Sturdivant this early at pick No. 202. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick225
Rnd7
Cody Simon
Cody Simon at the 225th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick233
Rnd7
Garrett Dellinger
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Garrett Dellinger. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick250
Rnd7
Jacobe Covington
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jacobe Covington in slot 250, miles early. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick251
Rnd7
Fentrell Cypress II
Value said wait; Fentrell Cypress II in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.



















