PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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New England Patriots

The Patriots robbed the room for McClellan. Final grade: B+.

by Boke · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jase McClellan, No. 229, roughly 40 picks past where he belonged. A dependable weekend that grades out a B+.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

The cost of the Eboigbe reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
A clean, defensible pick in Round 1, Pick 11 with a little surplus value in Malik Nabers. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 26
In the 27th overall pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 46
A conviction pick on J.J. McCarthy at the Round 2 slot that the board grades a round light. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Malachi Corley · WR · rank 54
Malachi Corley in No. 42 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 74
Xavier Legette in the 68th pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 94
A straight-up fair deal on Cam Hart at pick No. 90, value and slot in agreement. A minor itch, scratched.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Audric Estime · RB · rank 102
They paid sticker price for Audric Estime in slot 104, and that is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Justin Eboigbe · DL-EDGE · rank 150
A reach on Justin Eboigbe in pick 136; the board had better options right there. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Cornelius Johnson · WR · rank 187
No edge and no loss on Cornelius Johnson in No. 182; it is a wash and a sensible one. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.13 · Pick 188 · Kitan Oladapo · S · rank 156
Somehow Kitan Oladapo was still sitting there in the Round 6 slot, and they pounced on premier safety value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Jase McClellan · RB · rank 189
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Jase McClellan in slot 229, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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