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New England Patriots
The Patriots let Odunze fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.
by Brop9404 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 6 steals
· 2 reaches
The Patriots did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Rome Odunze fell into pick 68. More right than wrong, and a B to match.
They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it. Reaching for Oladapo left real value on the table behind him. They were the ones paying the moving tax this weekend.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 8 they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Steal is underselling it; Jayden Daniels at the 34th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
They will replay Olumuyiwa Fashanu at slot 43 for years; that is how good the value is. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Rome Odunze at the 68th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
You do not let a cornerback like Kris Abrams-Draine reach the Round 4 slot and blink. They did not. A minor need, but a need all the same.
A premium they did not need to pay, Kitan Oladapo a notch or two before his time. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Sataoa Laumea in Round 6, Pick 5 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Tip Reiman at No. 193 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They paid up for KT Leveston at the 231st overall pick when waiting would have done the job. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.