john'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • john DRAFTING FOR THE
    Packers
Draft Selections
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Javon Bullard Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Javon Bullard
S Georgia
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (GB)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Packers for Hicks: B-.

Priorities are a choice, and the Packers made a strange one, taking Jaden Hicks at safety in pick 91 with cornerback, quarterback and other spots crying out for the pick instead. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They banked enough surplus on Hicks to cover a lot of smaller sins. The cost of the Robinson reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Darius Robinson
In pick No. 25 they get a disruptor off the edge, though they paid up to get him. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick41 Rnd2 Graham Barton
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Graham Barton at the 41st overall pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick58 Rnd2 Javon Bullard
Javon Bullard at No. 58 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick88 Rnd3 Blake Corum
Blake Corum at pick 88 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick91 Rnd3 Jaden Hicks
A curious use of Round 3, Pick 28. Cornerback, quarterback and other spots needed the pick; a safety in Jaden Hicks did not.
Pick127 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
A straight-up fair deal on Cedric Gray at the Round 4 slot, value and slot in agreement. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.