PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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The Patriots let Morgan fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

by jim1981 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jordan Morgan, pick No. 68, roughly 31 picks past where he belonged.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Milton III pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · JC Latham · OT · rank 16
In the 12th pick they get a cornerstone up front at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.23 · Pick 23 · Brian Thomas Jr. · WR · rank 26
In No. 23 they get a go-to option on the outside. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Quinyon Mitchell · CB · rank 20
In pick 27 they get a press-man option on the boundary. More want than need.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 36
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Ja'Tavion Sanders. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 37
Jordan Morgan at slot 68 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 70
They did well to land Xavier Legette in pick No. 76, just ahead of his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Austin Booker · DE-EDGE · rank 75
They robbed the room for Austin Booker here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Christian Jones · OT · rank 132
A reasonable price with a little left over, Christian Jones in the Round 5 slot. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.26 · Pick 162 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 149
They let Luke McCaffrey come to them and pounced at pick 162. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 200
A real head-scratcher, Joe Milton III in the 180th overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 181
Ty'Ron Hopper at the 193rd pick is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 225
A tidy little value on Frank Gore Jr. in pick No. 231, a step better than break-even. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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