PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C

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New England Patriots

The Patriots bled value on every deal, hence the C.

by Sean Romiza · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades D
Future B-

The Patriots lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. The Rice reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

If Olumuyiwa Fashanu and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 10
In No. 6 they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 39
They took Tyler Guyton at par in the 34th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 53
A reach on Kingsley Suamataia in Round 2, Pick 7; the board had better options right there. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 67
Brenden Rice at slot 47 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Roman Wilson · WR · rank 79
They liked Roman Wilson enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 68. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 92
A slide stopped in pick No. 104, with Bucky Irving worth more than the price. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Mohamed Kamara · DL-EDGE · rank 117
Mohamed Kamara at the 108th pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 145
They paid up for Ben Sinnott at the Round 4 slot when waiting would have done the job. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Javon Baker · WR · rank 186
They paid sticker price for Javon Baker in Round 6, Pick 7, and that is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Jawhar Jordan · RB · rank 221
Jawhar Jordan at the 229th pick is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
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