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The Patriots drew a line under the quarterback search with Maye: B+.

by EMANPATSFAN · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 9 steals · 0 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A
Future B-

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Patriots committed. Drake Maye is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.

Tampa falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. With edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them.

That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 7
In Round 1, Pick 4 they get a franchise quarterback at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 10
Rome Odunze in slot 34 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 8
Steal is underselling it; Olumuyiwa Fashanu at the Round 2 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Kamari Lassiter · CB · rank 41
Somehow Kamari Lassiter was still sitting there in pick 66, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Roman Wilson · WR · rank 46
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Roman Wilson in No. 68, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · T.J. Tampa · CB · rank 51
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went cornerback with T.J. Tampa while clear needs at edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots sat open.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Elijah Jones · CB · rank 116
You do not let a cornerback like Elijah Jones reach the 137th overall pick and blink. They did not. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R5.26 · Pick 162 · Isaac Guerendo · RB · rank 129
Circle this one: Isaac Guerendo at the 162nd pick is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 161
Jared Wiley at slot 180 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · Curtis Jacobs · LB · rank 197
They took Curtis Jacobs at par in the Round 6 slot, which is nothing to complain about. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · JD Bertrand · LB · rank 220
JD Bertrand in Round 7, Pick 11 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
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