B+
New England Patriots
Maye is the Patriots' new face under center. Grade: B+.
by JDMin ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 7 steals
· 1 reaches
After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Patriots committed. Drake Maye is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. A dependable weekend that grades out a B+.
The King value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it. The cost of the Bell reach is exactly the players who went right after him.
Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.
In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 6 they get their quarterback of the future at fair value.
A quiet steal in the Round 2 slot: Jordan Morgan for less than the market said. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They let Patrick Paul come to them and pounced at pick No. 59. It fills a real need, too.
Ricky Pearsall at the 68th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Kalen King in Round 3, Pick 22 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Zak Zinter at pick 103 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
A wild overpay on Jaheim Bell in No. 116, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
No edge and no loss on Malik Washington in the 120th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
The board had Frank Gore Jr. higher than the 182nd overall pick, and the running back fell to them anyway. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They will replay Isaiah Williams at Round 7, Pick 4 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They robbed the room for Kimani Vidal here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.