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New England Patriots

Good, not great, for the Patriots: B-.

by BobbySwizz · 2024 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 0 steals · 7 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades C
Future B-

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Patriots did exactly that with Xavier Legette in pick 38. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Joe Alt · OT · rank 3
In slot 7 they get protection for the quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Bo Nix · QB · rank 30
Bo Nix in pick 34 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 73
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Xavier Legette well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Renardo Green · S · rank 87
Renardo Green at pick No. 68 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 124
Theo Johnson at the 103rd overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Elijah Jones · CB · rank 118
Elijah Jones at the Round 4 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Jalyx Hunt · S-EDGE · rank 151
They went early on Jalyx Hunt in the 137th overall pick, and the value did not follow. This was not a hole anyone had circled.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Tip Reiman · TE · rank 182
Tip Reiman at Round 6, Pick 5 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · Garret Greenfield · OT · rank 216
They left a pile of value on the table to take Garret Greenfield this early at slot 193. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Joshua Cephus · WR · rank 266
Joshua Cephus at the Round 7 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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