PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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New England Patriots

Best value of the weekend goes to the Patriots for Ford: B.

by BBB · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 2 steals · 6 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades C-
Future A+

The Patriots spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Jaylan Ford, the No. 205 name on the board, in the 225th pick.

Spending an early pick on OLB-EDGE with interior defensive lineman and quarterback open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

The Eboigbe reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 9
Rome Odunze at the 11th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 28
Kool-Aid McKinstry at No. 34 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Darius Robinson · DL-EDGE · rank 38
Darius Robinson in the Round 2 slot is fair value, right on his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 67
They paid sticker price for Patrick Paul in pick No. 69, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 107
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Braelon Allen. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Javon Solomon · OLB-EDGE · rank 117
A surprising call. With interior defensive lineman and quarterback still to address, they spent Round 4, Pick 8 on Javon Solomon, an OLB-EDGE they were not short of.
R4.10 · Pick 110 · Blake Fisher · OT · rank 118
Blake Fisher at pick 110 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.29 · Pick 129 · Justin Eboigbe · DL-EDGE · rank 148
Justin Eboigbe at the 129th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Jalyx Hunt · S-EDGE · rank 151
The board had cheaper options than Jalyx Hunt at pick No. 137, and it noticed. Hard to map this one onto the depth chart at all.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · AJ Barner · TE · rank 172
AJ Barner slipping to Round 6, Pick 5 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · Cornelius Johnson · WR · rank 189
Cornelius Johnson in the 193rd pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.1 · Pick 221 · Dominique Hampton · S · rank 234
They jumped the gun on Dominique Hampton, taking him earlier than his grade liked. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 205
A linebacker of that caliber at pick 225 is the definition of value, full stop. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Bub Means · WR · rank 245
A reach for Bub Means in the 231st overall pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
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