PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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New England Patriots

Nothing loud, just a tidy B+ for the Patriots.

by BBB · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 4 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades B+
Future A-

The Patriots spent real capital to be 29 picks early on Marist Liufau, and the board is going to hold them to it.

Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. Spending an early pick on OLB-EDGE with interior defensive lineman and safety open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. They banked enough surplus on Odunze to cover a lot of smaller sins.

It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 8
In pick No. 11 they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 9
In the 27th overall pick they get a No. 1 receiver, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 28
Tyler Guyton in pick 34 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 29
The board had J.J. McCarthy higher than No. 40, and the quarterback fell to them anyway. It fills a real need, too.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Chris Braswell · LB-EDGE · rank 44
Chris Braswell at Round 2, Pick 11 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 51
T.J. Tampa at the Round 3 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 70
No drama and no debate, Devontez Walker went about where he belonged in pick 68. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 74
They took Cade Stover at par in the 72nd overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 106
Braelon Allen at slot 103 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 105
By-the-book stuff, Zak Zinter at Round 4, Pick 5 squarely in line with his ranking. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.11 · Pick 111 · Javon Solomon · OLB-EDGE · rank 116
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending pick No. 111 on Javon Solomon with interior defensive lineman and safety unsolved.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 166
Value said wait; Marist Liufau in No. 137 says they were not listening. A minor itch, scratched.
R5.31 · Pick 167 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 161
Dwight McGlothern at the 167th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Myles Cole · DE-EDGE · rank 197
The board had cheaper options than Myles Cole at the Round 6 slot, and it noticed. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.2 · Pick 222 · Julian Pearl · OT · rank 204
They barely believed it either: Julian Pearl still on the board at No. 222. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Trey Knox · TE · rank 223
A clean, defensible pick in the 226th pick with a little surplus value in Trey Knox. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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