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New England Patriots

A costly weekend of dealing drags the Patriots to a D.

by Sean Romiza · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 1 steals · 6 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades F
Future B

The phones were a trap the Patriots kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal. A weekend that fought the value and lost, hence the D.

The Wright pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer. They banked enough surplus on Jordan to cover a lot of smaller sins.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and interior defensive lineman is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.30 · Pick 30 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 47
In pick No. 30 they get an anchor for the offensive line, even if it was a touch early. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 39
Tyler Guyton in No. 34 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 42
No drama and no debate, J.J. McCarthy went about where he belonged in the 35th pick. The roster fit checks out.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Brenden Rice · WR · rank 67
Brenden Rice in the Round 3 slot is fair value, right on his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Bucky Irving · RB · rank 92
This one needs a full-page explanation: Bucky Irving in the 68th overall pick, miles early. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Roman Wilson · WR · rank 79
A premium they did not need to pay, Roman Wilson a notch or two before his time. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 94
By-the-book stuff, Zak Zinter at slot 90 squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Mohamed Kamara · DL-EDGE · rank 117
Mohamed Kamara at pick 104 is a conviction pick that outran the value. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.31 · Pick 131 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 145
A reach on Ben Sinnott in the Round 4 slot; the board had better options right there. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.34 · Pick 134 · Cedric Gray · LB · rank 136
Cedric Gray at No. 134 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · James Williams · S · rank 135
They took James Williams at par in the 136th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 163
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jaylen Wright. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 183
A straight-up fair deal on Jaylan Ford at slot 182, value and slot in agreement. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Jawhar Jordan · RB · rank 219
Jawhar Jordan in the 229th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It fills a real need, too.
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