PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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New England Patriots

Maye is the Patriots' new face under center. Grade: B.

by book · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 3 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades B
Future A

The search is over. The Patriots handed the keys to Drake Maye, and the whole operation now runs on his development.

A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Murphy.

They will need DeLoach to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In the 7th pick they get their quarterback of the future at fair value.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Keon Coleman · WR · rank 43
Keon Coleman in slot 34 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 36
They paid sticker price for Ja'Tavion Sanders in the 38th overall pick, and that is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 61
Kingsley Suamataia in the Round 3 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Austin Booker · DE-EDGE · rank 77
Austin Booker at pick No. 76 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 95
Khyree Jackson is a better player than No. 103 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Gabriel Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 92
Value with a capital V on Gabriel Murphy in Round 4, Pick 6, a genuine coup. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Trevor Keegan · OG · rank 144
They took Trevor Keegan at par in pick 137, which is nothing to complain about. It fills a real need, too.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Tanor Bortolini · C · rank 187
Tanor Bortolini at slot 180 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 200
No drama and no debate, Joe Milton III went about where he belonged in pick No. 193. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 226
By-the-book stuff, Frank Gore Jr. at pick 226 squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Kalen DeLoach · S · rank 247
A conviction pick on Kalen DeLoach at the 231st overall pick that the board grades a round light. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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