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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (GB)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (GB)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Tyler Guyton Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (GB)
Tyler Guyton
OT Oklahoma
Rod Moore Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (GB)
Rod Moore
S Michigan
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (GB)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (GB)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Jamari Thrash Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (GB)
Jamari Thrash
WR Louisville
Duce Chestnut Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 6 (GB)
Duce Chestnut
CB LSU
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (GB)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (GB)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Packers.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Packers took Sam Hartman a full 36 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

The Eichenberg pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with edge rusher, running back and other spots still on the board. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. The Thrash steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with cornerback the one that mattered most.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In pick 9 they get a long-term starter on the line. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick41 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Nothing to complain about; Edgerrin Cooper went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick43 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
They paid a round early for Cooper Beebe in slot 43, more than the board wanted. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick73 Rnd3 Tyler Guyton
A slide stopped in the Round 3 slot, with Tyler Guyton worth more than the price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick82 Rnd3 Rod Moore
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Rod Moore. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick109 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Tommy Eichenberg adds a linebacker and leaves edge rusher, running back and other spots untouched.
Pick135 Rnd4 Ainias Smith
Ainias Smith in No. 135 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick187 Rnd6 Jamari Thrash
Jamari Thrash slipping to pick 187 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick217 Rnd6 Duce Chestnut
Duce Chestnut at the Round 6 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick219 Rnd6 Cornelius Johnson
A reasonable price with a little left over, Cornelius Johnson in the 219th overall pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick230 Rnd7 Sam Hartman
Sam Hartman at slot 230 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.