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: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Christian Haynes Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Christian Haynes
OG Connecticut
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
Isaac Guerendo Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (GB)
Isaac Guerendo
RB Louisville
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (GB)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (GB)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Trevin Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 6 (GB)
Trevin Wallace
LB Kentucky
Dominique Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (GB)
Dominique Hampton
S Washington
Austin Reed Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (GB)
Austin Reed
QB Western Kentucky
Draft Grade — Packers
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Packers checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

Everything else got attention, and edge rusher got none. That is a strange way for the Packers to leave a draft.

Reed has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The Dixon pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In pick 25 they get a press-man option on the boundary. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick41 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
The board had cheaper options than Edgerrin Cooper at No. 41, and it noticed. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick58 Rnd2 Christian Haynes
Christian Haynes in Round 2, Pick 26 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick88 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni in slot 88 is fair value, right on his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick91 Rnd3 Cole Bishop
Cole Bishop at the Round 3 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick126 Rnd4 Isaac Guerendo
A straight-up fair deal on Isaac Guerendo at pick No. 126, value and slot in agreement. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick169 Rnd5 Walter Rouse
A clean, defensible pick in the 169th pick with a little surplus value in Walter Rouse. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick202 Rnd6 Johnny Dixon
Johnny Dixon at the 202nd overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick219 Rnd6 Trevin Wallace
Trevin Wallace at No. 219 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick245 Rnd7 Dominique Hampton
They read the board right and Dominique Hampton was the payoff at Round 7, Pick 25. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick255 Rnd7 Austin Reed
Value said wait; Austin Reed in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.