HURSTISAY'S MOCK DRAFT
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HURSTISAY'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON DEC 4, 2023

FIRE-Belichick

  • HURSTISAY DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (NE)
Kamari Lassiter
DB Georgia
Sedrick Van Pran Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (NE)
Sedrick Van Pran
C Georgia
Spencer Rattler Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Spencer Rattler
QB South Carolina
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (NE)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (NE)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (NE)
Chau Smith-Wade
DB Washington State
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Patriots, and a B- to prove it.

The Spencer Rattler selection is the head-turner. The Patriots reached 22 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

It is not that Lassiter is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Getting Pearsall where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
In slot 3 they get a seam-stretching tight end. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick35 Rnd2 Kamari Lassiter
A curious use of No. 35. Interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots needed the pick; a defensive back in Kamari Lassiter did not.
Pick67 Rnd3 Sedrick Van Pran
Sedrick Van Pran in pick No. 67 is fair value, right on his grade. It fills a real need, too.
Pick103 Rnd4 Spencer Rattler
Value said wait; Spencer Rattler in the 103rd overall pick says they were not listening. The roster fit checks out.
Pick140 Rnd5 Ricky Pearsall
Nice patience on Ricky Pearsall, who had no business lasting to the Round 5 slot. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick181 Rnd6 Jordan Burch
A conviction pick on Jordan Burch at Round 6, Pick 6 that the board grades a round light. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick224 Rnd7 Chau Smith-Wade
A tidy bit of business in No. 224, where Chau Smith-Wade graded well above the range. This was not a hole anyone had circled.