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Draft Selections
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Renardo Green Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
Renardo Green
S Florida State
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (GB)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (GB)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Tyler Owens Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (GB)
Tyler Owens
S Texas Tech
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (GB)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
Eyabi Okie-Anoma Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (GB)
Eyabi Okie-Anoma
DL-EDGE Charlotte
Dominique Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (GB)
Dominique Hampton
S Washington
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The jury is out on the Packers. For now, C+.

Nobody had Edefuan Ulofoshio this high, and it is not close. The Packers reached 34 spots to get him at the Round 6 slot.

It is not that Green is a bad player; it is that the Packers had louder needs to answer first. The Jones pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

If Graham Barton and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Graham Barton
In pick 25 they get a building block for the line. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick41 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
They liked Kingsley Suamataia enough to skip the value, taking him in No. 41. The roster fit checks out.
Pick58 Rnd2 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Dadrion Taylor-Demerson well ahead of where he belonged. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick88 Rnd3 Trey Benson
A conviction pick on Trey Benson at Round 3, Pick 25 that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick91 Rnd3 Renardo Green
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Renardo Green at safety with quarterback, wide receiver and other spots open.
Pick127 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
By-the-book stuff, Cedric Gray at pick No. 127 squarely in line with his ranking. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick168 Rnd5 Jarrian Jones
Taking Jarrian Jones in pick No. 168 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick204 Rnd6 Tyler Owens
Tyler Owens at the Round 6 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick216 Rnd6 Edefuan Ulofoshio
Edefuan Ulofoshio in slot 216 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick243 Rnd7 Eyabi Okie-Anoma
Value said wait; Eyabi Okie-Anoma in No. 243 says they were not listening. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick251 Rnd7 Dominique Hampton
They jumped the gun on Dominique Hampton, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.