PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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New England Patriots

The Patriots let McCaffrey fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

by BBB · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 5 steals · 5 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades C+
Future A-

Call it larceny. Luke McCaffrey sat on the board until slot 180, and the Patriots did not need to be asked twice. No fireworks, but a solid B.

The cost of the Guerendo reach is exactly the players who went right after him. A whole weekend of picks and safety is somehow still a want. The Patriots indulged a want in Hart while a need in safety and quarterback stayed open.

Good work on the whole, with safety the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 8
In pick No. 7 they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. A real need, handled.
R1.16 · Pick 16 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 9
In the Round 1 slot they get a matchup problem out wide. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 26
A quiet steal in Round 2, Pick 2: Cooper DeJean for less than the market said. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R2.24 · Pick 56 · Edgerrin Cooper · LB · rank 49
Nothing to complain about; Edgerrin Cooper went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 61
Kingsley Suamataia in slot 71 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 69
Patrick Paul is a better player than pick 79 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 96
Brenden Rice at the 87th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Cam Hart · CB · rank 100
They bypassed pressing needs at safety and quarterback to take Cam Hart, a cornerback that was not the priority.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 105
A straight-up fair deal on Zak Zinter at the 103rd pick, value and slot in agreement. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Isaac Guerendo · RB · rank 128
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Isaac Guerendo. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 122
Theo Johnson in pick 126 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Jalyx Hunt · DE-EDGE · rank 151
A premium they did not need to pay, Jalyx Hunt a notch or two before his time. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.15 · Pick 151 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 166
A reach for Marist Liufau in Round 5, Pick 15; a little patience would have been rewarded. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 149
Luke McCaffrey at slot 180 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Nelson Ceaser · DL-EDGE · rank 165
Nelson Ceaser at pick No. 182 is money in the bank, a edge rusher taken below his worth. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.1 · Pick 221 · Jaden Crumedy · DT · rank 224
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jaden Crumedy. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
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