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New England Patriots
Grand theft in No. 136: the Patriots steal Kinchens and grade out a A.
by Rocketman21k ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 7 steals
· 0 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Kamren Kinchens slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at pick 136. Highway robbery. Add it all up and it grades out a clean A.
The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.
The Ed Ingram pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns. The hoard sets up next April more than it helps this September.
Bottom line, they did the job about as well as it can be done.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 11 they get a go-to option on the outside at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A offensive lineman of that caliber at No. 34 is the definition of value, full stop. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Tyler Guyton at the 38th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Good price on Chop Robinson in the Round 2 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They will replay J.J. McCarthy at Round 3, Pick 4 for years; that is how good the value is. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Xavier Legette in pick No. 104 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Kamren Kinchens in the 136th overall pick, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Tyrice Knight in slot 182 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A minor need, but a need all the same.
You do not let a running back like Isaiah Davis reach slot 227 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Tanor Bortolini in No. 229 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.