PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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New England Patriots

The Patriots left with their quarterback, and a B+ to match.

by stan · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 2 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades B
Future A+

There is reaching, and then there is Braden Fiske at Round 4, Pick 2. The Patriots jumped the board by 70 and dared it to prove them wrong. They moved the roster forward and banked a B+ for it.

That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. They have staked the next five years on Jayden Daniels, which is the only story that really matters here.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.11 · Pick 11 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In pick 11 they get a long-term answer under center at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 42
A reach on Troy Fautanu in the 34th overall pick; the board had better options right there. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Troy Franklin · WR · rank 38
Troy Franklin in the 41st pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 43
No drama and no debate, T.J. Tampa went about where he belonged in No. 43. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 64
Tyler Guyton at Round 3, Pick 2 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.23 · Pick 86 · Nazir Stackhouse · DL · rank 94
A premium they did not need to pay, Nazir Stackhouse a notch or two before his time. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.2 · Pick 102 · Braden Fiske · DL · rank 172
Braden Fiske in pick No. 102 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Shemar Turner · DL-EDGE · rank 134
Good price on Shemar Turner in pick 139, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Zy Alexander · CB · rank 164
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Zy Alexander in the 180th overall pick. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R7.3 · Pick 223 · Tre Harris · WR · rank 167
A wide receiver of that caliber at Round 7, Pick 3 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Jawhar Jordan · RB · rank 300
Value said wait; Jawhar Jordan in the Round 7 slot says they were not listening. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
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