PFF draft grades just released - Packers lowest grade

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PFF (FWIW) grades in our division:

Lions - A
Bears - B+
Vikings - A
Packers - D (lowest of any team)

Seahawks & Chargers- C-
Rams & Raiders - C
Titans & Texans - C+

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Also a list of about 25 players as biggest steals of the draft:

Vikings have 2 

PICK 89 — CB CAMERON DANTZLER, MINNESOTA VIKINGS
PFF Big Board rank: 50
Minnesota’s cornerback situation was horrendous prior to the draft, and they certainly helped it by securing Jeff Gladney in Round 1 and stealing Cameron Dantzler at the 89th overall pick. He’s not a speedster and is a tad slender, but you can't ignore his incredible production against elite SEC offenses. In his three years at Mississippi State, Dantzler allowed only 41 catches on 96 targets while combining for 20 pass breakups and interceptions and surrendering one score. And when he went up against 2019 Biletnikoff Award winner Ja’Marr Chase this past year, he limited him to only one catch on three targets for seven yards.

PICK 225 — EDGE KENNY WILLEKES, MINNESOTA VIKINGS
PFF Big Board rank: 83
There’s a lot of concern with how he projects to the NFL because of poor play strength, subpar athleticism and reliance on just a few moves (he does have a nice bull-rush), but the way Willekes plays with leverage and play recognition should have made him a much earlier choice. Willekes did have a great 2018 campaign as a pass-rusher, owning an 86.2 pass-rush grade, but he wasn't the same player after breaking his leg to close out the season, squeaking out just a 74.3 pass-rush grade in 2019. He’s still a project, but you typically wouldn’t find a player like this at the 225th overall pick.

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For those interested in other sources of draft grades:

Walters gave us and the Raven's their only A+

Packers received the only F

Goals Entering the 2020 NFL Draft: Aaron Rodgers is entering the twilight of his career, so it's rather disappointing that the Packers don't have any viable receiving threats for him outside of Davante Adams and maybe Allen Lazard. The Packers' top priority is to give Rodgers a couple more weapons. They also must make sure they upgrade their porous run defense.



2020 NFL Draft Accomplishments: The Packers were in the NFC Championship last year. It could be argued that they didn't deserve to be there, but they were, and if they had more help at receiver and a player or two to help stuff the run, they may have beaten the 49ers. With the Packers being so close to another Super Bowl, logic dictated that they would add weapons around Aaron Rodgers to help put them over the top.



Instead, the opposite happened, as they reached for Jordan Love, doing so via a trade where they hopped over teams that didn't need quarterbacks. This was an irresponsible decision that in no way mirrored Green Bay's pick of Rodgers in 2005. Back then, Brett Favre was flip-flopping back and forth about his retirement decision, and Rodgers was a prospect who was considered to be in play for the No. 1 overall pick. Rodgers has said nothing of retirement, so using a first-round pick on a raw quarterback was irresponsible. If the Packers wanted a worse version of Jameis Winston, they should have just signed Jameis Winston.



Things somehow didn't get any better on Day 2. The Packers wasted a pick on fourth-round plodding running back A.J. Dillon when they had no need at the position. They then used their third-round choice on a seventh-round fullback prospect. It's almost as if the Packers outsourced their drafting decisions to Bill Belichick's dog.



The Packers made some fine selections on Saturday, but nothing they could've done in Rounds 4-7 could make up for their disastrous first half of the 2020 NFL Draft. They deserve an "F" for their absolutely atrocious drafting.

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And yet, just try to find ANY mention of the Vikings on ESPN, NFLN, FS1... any national televised media it's like the Vikings made their picks in a black hole.  While most of those same shows (except Stephen A on First Take) are furiously spinning the Packer draft any positive way they can.  

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I laughed at someone who graded the Packers with an F-

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Bucky Brooks gave the Vikings a B+ and the Packers a B- ...  I lost any respect I had for him as a draft evaluator.

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@Wetlander said:
Bucky Brooks gave the Vikings a B+ and the Packers a B- ...  I lost any respect I had for him as a draft evaluator.

Now that is just lazy of him right there.

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@Wetlander said:
Bucky Brooks gave the Vikings a B+ and the Packers a B- ...  I lost any respect I had for him as a draft evaluator.

Did you have respect for him in that category?  I find him entertaining, but never thought him as a great analyst.