Blanep'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • Blanep DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (GB)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (GB)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (GB)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Trevor Keegan Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (GB)
Trevor Keegan
OG Michigan
Evan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (GB)
Evan Williams
S Oregon
Jalen Sundell Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (GB)
Jalen Sundell
OT North Dakota State
Austin Reed Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (GB)
Austin Reed
QB Western Kentucky
Draft Picks Received
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (LV)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (LV)
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Draft Picks Traded
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (LV)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesC+ FutureB
The Packers let Keegan fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Trevor Keegan, pick 202, roughly 58 picks past where he belonged. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

The Colson pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher, wide receiver and other spots still on the board. Reaching for Reed left real value on the table behind him. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
Cooper DeJean at No. 25 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick44 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper at the 44th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick58 Rnd2 Junior Colson
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the Round 2 slot on Junior Colson with edge rusher, wide receiver and other spots unsolved.
Pick88 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
They paid sticker price for Dominick Puni in slot 88, and that is fine. It fills a real need, too.
Pick91 Rnd3 Cole Bishop
Cole Bishop at the 91st pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick126 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
They read the board right and Matt Goncalves was the payoff at pick No. 126. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick169 Rnd5 Isaiah Davis
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Isaiah Davis in Round 5, Pick 33. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick202 Rnd6 Trevor Keegan
You do not let an offensive lineman like Trevor Keegan reach pick 202 and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick219 Rnd6 Evan Williams
Evan Williams at pick 219 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick245 Rnd7 Jalen Sundell
No edge and no loss on Jalen Sundell in slot 245; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick255 Rnd7 Austin Reed
Austin Reed at Round 7, Pick 35 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.