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New England Patriots

Best value of the weekend goes to the Patriots for Tracy Jr.: B+.

by Kenton · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 5 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

The real work happened on the phones. The Patriots fleeced their trade partners, turning their picks into a noticeably bigger pile than they started with.

Tracy Jr. falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. Spending an early pick on TE-EDGE with interior defensive lineman and tight end open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. If Guerendo pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.8 · Pick 8 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 10
In pick No. 8 they get an anchor for the offensive line at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Taliese Fuaga · OT · rank 17
Taliese Fuaga at slot 34 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 35
A slide stopped in the 47th pick, with Chop Robinson worth more than the price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.16 · Pick 48 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 45
Nothing to complain about; Devontez Walker went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.32 · Pick 95 · Cade Stover · TE-EDGE · rank 93
A surprising call. With interior defensive lineman and tight end still to address, they spent pick 95 on Cade Stover, a TE-EDGE they were not short of.
R4.33 · Pick 133 · Jordan Travis · QB · rank 137
Jordan Travis at No. 133 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 128
Tommy Eichenberg at pick No. 136 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R5.22 · Pick 158 · Renardo Green · S · rank 153
Renardo Green at Round 5, Pick 22 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the safety. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Cedric Johnson · DE-EDGE · rank 166
Cedric Johnson slipping to the 182nd overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Tyrone Tracy Jr. · WR · rank 205
They robbed the room for Tyrone Tracy Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.30 · Pick 250 · Isaac Guerendo · RB · rank 271
A big swing on Isaac Guerendo at pick 250, well ahead of any board in the building. The roster fit checks out.
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