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New England Patriots
The Patriots found their guy under center in Daniels: B.
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2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 1 steals
· 4 reaches
The Patriots looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Christian Jones at pick No. 114 regardless, 83 picks early. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.
So much rides on Jayden Daniels that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.
Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 3rd pick they get the arm they will build around. A real need, handled.
They paid sticker price for Adonai Mitchell in pick No. 34, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They took Malachi Corley at par in the Round 3 slot, which is nothing to complain about. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Blake Fisher at the 103rd overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It fills a real need, too.
Christian Jones at Round 4, Pick 14 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Jared Wiley at pick 139 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Braelon Allen. The roster fit checks out.
A wild overpay on Omar Speights in Round 6, Pick 7, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Walter Rouse at slot 224 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A quiet steal in the Round 7 slot: Brevyn Spann-Ford for less than the market said. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.