B
New England Patriots
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Patriots and King: B.
by NE4EVER ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 5 steals
· 0 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Kalen King, the 193rd overall pick, roughly 54 picks past where he belonged.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.
The skill positions did well by the weekend.
Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 3rd overall pick they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
A clean, defensible pick in pick 34 with a little surplus value in Bo Nix. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A tidy little value on Kingsley Suamataia in No. 68, a step better than break-even. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A top-tier edge rusher at a bargain, Bralen Trice in pick No. 103, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Ben Sinnott at slot 137 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They will replay Christian Jones at the Round 6 slot for years; that is how good the value is. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Kalen King at the 193rd pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It adds depth where they could use a little.
A quiet steal in Round 7, Pick 11: Garret Greenfield for less than the market said. A need, and now a little less of one.