If not for the overpay of the trade-up for Christian Watson, I would have graded this selection higher. Grade: C+ 34: Christian Watson, WR, North Dakota State ![]() I’m optimistic that Wyatt’s first season as a starter will trend in a positive direction. You could argue that Wyatt would be the second-best interior defensive line prospect in this upcoming class, behind his former teammate Jalen Carter, which is the same slot he was drafted in last year. With Lowry and Jarran Reed now on other teams, Wyatt’s playing time should explode in 2023, which should give him plenty of chances to take the next step. In total, he only ended up playing 23 percent of the defensive snaps last year and that’s including his stretch when Dean Lowry was out of the lineup. You’ve heard me say this a lot in previous posts, but I think Devonte Wyatt should have played more snaps as a rookie. The foresight of drafting an inside linebacker before one of the worst inside linebacker classes in recent history is worth noting here, too. If he’s gotten his growing pains out of the way, the Georgia product’s final grade could be much higher than what I’m awarding right now. Walker’s rookie season will probably be best remembered for his two ejections, but there were some positives in the up-and-down campaign. Grabbing three legitimate contributors in the fourth and fifth rounds is always going to make a draft class look great, and that’s what the Packers got out of last year’s rookie class.įollow along for a pick-by-pick breakdown and check out the previous four installments of this series, if you haven’t already: ![]() It’s really early into the careers of the 2022 draft picks, but I would argue that this already has the makings of Gutekunst’s strongest draft class. ![]() The grades take into account the player’s ability, the draft slot that they were drafted in and the compensation used to get to the pick - which is going to be important in the case of receiver Christian Watson. In the final installment of this series, we’re going to give letter grades to each of Green Bay Packers general manager Brian Gutekunst’s draft choices from last year’s draft class.
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