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Patriots April 6 B

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The Patriots bet the future on Penix Jr.. The board says B.

by patricksiska · 2024 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 8 steals · 1 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades C+
Future A

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Patriots committed. Michael Penix Jr. is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Jones. The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Reaching for Hunt left real value on the table behind him.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · Michael Penix Jr. · QB · rank 9
In pick No. 13 they get their guy under center for the next decade. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 8
Steal is underselling it; Olumuyiwa Fashanu at slot 34 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 61
By-the-book stuff, Kingsley Suamataia at Round 2, Pick 26 squarely in line with his ranking. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 70
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Devontez Walker. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 74
Cade Stover at No. 77 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the tight end. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.25 · Pick 88 · Renardo Green · S · rank 77
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Renardo Green at pick 88. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 95
A slide stopped in the 103rd overall pick, with Khyree Jackson worth more than the price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Braelon Allen · RB · rank 106
Braelon Allen at the 126th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Jalyx Hunt · DE-EDGE · rank 152
A conviction pick on Jalyx Hunt at pick 137 that the board grades a round light. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 136
They barely believed it either: Jarrian Jones still on the board at Round 5, Pick 33. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Kamal Hadden · CB · rank 167
A quiet steal in the 180th pick: Kamal Hadden for less than the market said. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 198
Curtis Jacobs in the Round 6 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Ryan Flournoy · WR · rank 204
They robbed the room for Ryan Flournoy here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.35 · Pick 255 · Donovan Jennings · OT · rank 238
Nice patience on Donovan Jennings, who had no business lasting to No. 255. It fills a real need, too.
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