PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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New England Patriots

The Patriots cashed the board's mistake on Driskell: B+.

by JDMin · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 5 steals · 0 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades B-
Future A

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Ethan Driskell, slot 229, roughly 37 picks past where he belonged. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B+.

That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Spending an early pick on TE-EDGE with edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

The hoard sets up next April more than it helps this September. The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 11
In pick No. 17 they get a weapon on the perimeter at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 26
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a cornerstone up front. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Troy Franklin · WR · rank 25
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Troy Franklin at No. 34. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.16 · Pick 48 · Kamari Lassiter · CB · rank 27
Somehow Kamari Lassiter was still sitting there in the 48th overall pick, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Javon Bullard · S · rank 63
Nothing to complain about; Javon Bullard went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.33 · Pick 96 · Cade Stover · TE-EDGE · rank 93
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went TE-EDGE with Cade Stover while clear needs at edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots sat open.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Audric Estime · RB · rank 97
Fair-plus on Audric Estime, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.17 · Pick 117 · Malik Washington · WR · rank 120
Malik Washington in the Round 4 slot is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Jaden Hicks · S · rank 107
Jaden Hicks at No. 136 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 171
They read the board right and Joe Milton III was the payoff at the Round 6 slot. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Ethan Driskell · OT · rank 192
Steal is underselling it; Ethan Driskell at Round 7, Pick 9 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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