PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C

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New England Patriots

The Patriots left with their quarterback, and a C to match.

by PoppaShart · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 8 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future B-

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

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Means. The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Hopper has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The Patriots indulged a want in Stover while a need in interior defensive lineman and safety stayed open.

Hit on Caleb Williams and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Caleb Williams · QB · rank 2
They took Caleb Williams at par in pick 3, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 34
Chop Robinson slipping to the 43rd pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Graham Barton · OT · rank 50
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Graham Barton in No. 68, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.18 · Pick 82 · Johnny Wilson · WR · rank 74
Johnny Wilson at the Round 3 slot is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Christian Mahogany · OG · rank 78
Value with a capital V on Christian Mahogany in pick No. 90, a genuine coup. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Cade Stover · TE-EDGE · rank 93
They zigged when the board said zag, taking Cade Stover at TE-EDGE with interior defensive lineman and safety open.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 122
They read the board right and Kris Abrams-Draine was the payoff at the 136th overall pick. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 157
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Ty'Ron Hopper well ahead of where he belonged. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.14 · Pick 150 · Dylan Laube · RB · rank 149
Dylan Laube in the Round 5 slot is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · McCallan Castles · TE · rank 156
Somehow McCallan Castles was still sitting there in No. 182, and they pounced on premier tight end value. It fills a real need, too.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Bub Means · WR · rank 195
You do not let a wide receiver like Bub Means reach the 229th overall pick and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
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