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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (GB)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (GB)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (GB)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Kimani Vidal Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (GB)
Kimani Vidal
RB Troy
Tylan Grable Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (GB)
Tylan Grable
OT UCF
Marcellas Dial Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (GB)
Marcellas Dial
CB South Carolina
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Packers, and a B- to prove it.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Packers took Kimani Vidal at slot 219, roughly 34 spots before his name belonged.

That McCormick pick is the receipt they will wave around later. Spending an early pick on linebacker with quarterback, wide receiver and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In slot 25 they get a double-digit-sack hope, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick41 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
They jumped the gun on Edgerrin Cooper, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick58 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
They bypassed pressing needs at quarterback, wide receiver and other spots to take Payton Wilson, a linebacker that was not the priority.
Pick88 Rnd3 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson in pick No. 88 is fair value, right on his grade. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick91 Rnd3 Christian Mahogany
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Christian Mahogany. It fills a real need, too.
Pick126 Rnd4 Jarrian Jones
They paid a round early for Jarrian Jones in the Round 4 slot, more than the board wanted. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick169 Rnd5 Mason McCormick
Steal is underselling it; Mason McCormick at No. 169 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick202 Rnd6 Jordan Magee
Jordan Magee at Round 6, Pick 27 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick219 Rnd6 Kimani Vidal
Kimani Vidal in the 219th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick245 Rnd7 Tylan Grable
The board had Tylan Grable higher than the Round 7 slot, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick255 Rnd7 Marcellas Dial
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 255, where Marcellas Dial graded well above the range. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.