PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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It just fell this way B+

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New England Patriots

Daniels is the Patriots' new face under center. Grade: B+.

by Brop9404 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 6 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

The board owed the Patriots one, and it paid up: Will Shipley, the No. 133 name on the board, sitting there at No. 229 like a gift left on the doorstep. The bottom line is a respectable B+.

So much rides on Jayden Daniels that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. Reaching for Sinnott left real value on the table behind him. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.

The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In Round 1, Pick 7 they get their guy under center for the next decade at fair value.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
You do not let a wide receiver like Malik Nabers reach the Round 2 slot and blink. They did not. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 22
Amarius Mims in Round 2, Pick 6 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The roster fit checks out.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Christian Mahogany · OG · rank 78
Christian Mahogany at pick 68 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.18 · Pick 82 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 89
Sedrick Van Pran at slot 82 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Roman Wilson · WR · rank 79
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Roman Wilson in the 87th overall pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.35 · Pick 98 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 104
No edge and no loss on Khyree Jackson in the Round 3 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 145
Value said wait; Ben Sinnott in pick No. 104 says they were not listening. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 128
Nice patience on Javon Foster, who had no business lasting to the 136th pick. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Dylan Laube · RB · rank 148
Dylan Laube in No. 182 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It fills a real need, too.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Will Shipley · RB · rank 133
They robbed the room for Will Shipley here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
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