B-
New England Patriots
The Patriots left with their quarterback, and a B- to match.
by Sleazypats ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 1 steals
· 5 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Sam Hartman at No. 199 will need to, sitting 84 spots clear of his grade.
Everything downstream of Jayden Daniels depends on Jayden Daniels, and the building knows it. It is not that Solomon is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Landing Proctor that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 6 they get the arm they will build around. A clean fit for the roster.
They talked themselves into Ricky Pearsall at the 34th pick, and the board did not agree. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Kingsley Suamataia at the 47th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. The roster fit checks out.
Fair-plus on Blake Fisher, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It fills a real need, too.
They bypassed pressing needs at edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots to take Javon Solomon, an OLB-EDGE that was not the priority.
Luke McCaffrey at slot 108 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Theo Johnson at the 140th overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They did well to land Dwight McGlothern in Round 6, Pick 7, just ahead of his grade. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
A real head-scratcher, Sam Hartman in pick 199 is miles ahead of his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
The board had Josh Proctor higher than slot 229, and the safety fell to them anyway. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.