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New England Patriots
Larceny in pick 207 lands the Patriots a A, Henderson and all.
by JScrillz ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 7 steals
· 1 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: LaDarius Henderson, the 207th overall pick, roughly 44 picks past where he belonged.
The phones were where this weekend was really won. The Harris Jr. reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.
The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 6 they get a weapon on the perimeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Bo Nix slipping to the 34th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They robbed the room for Patrick Paul here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Kalen King in Round 3, Pick 6, plain and simple. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Roman Wilson in pick No. 103 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Tommy Eichenberg at slot 139 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A minor itch, scratched.
A tidy bit of business in the Round 6 slot, where Frank Gore Jr. graded well above the range. A need, and now a little less of one.
They barely believed it either: LaDarius Henderson still on the board at the 207th pick. It fills a real need, too.
A straight-up fair deal on J.J. Weaver at pick 224, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Donell Harris Jr. well ahead of where he belonged. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.