C+
New England Patriots
The Patriots did enough to get by: C+.
by djdaniel ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 0 steals
· 5 reaches
The war room fell hard for Bub Means, and it showed at the 231st pick: 30 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.
Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They were the ones paying the moving tax this weekend.
Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.
It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 11 they get a premier pass rusher. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
A reach for T.J. Tampa in the 34th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Jordan Morgan in Round 2, Pick 10 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A need, and now a little less of one.
Xavier Legette at the Round 3 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Javon Baker in pick No. 102 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Dylan Laube this early at the 128th overall pick. The roster fit checks out.
No drama and no debate, Theo Johnson went about where he belonged in slot 136. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Jordan Jefferson at No. 166 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They jumped the gun on Jaylan Ford, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They reached a country mile for Bub Means at pick No. 231, and the board is aghast. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.