PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Grand theft in the 231st pick: the Patriots steal Dixon and grade out a B.

by another · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 7 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades C
Future A

You build a draft on nights like this. Johnny Dixon had no business being available in No. 231, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Ford reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Joe Alt · OT · rank 4
In slot 5 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Troy Franklin · WR · rank 33
No drama and no debate, Troy Franklin went about where he belonged in Round 2, Pick 2. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 37
They will replay Jordan Morgan at pick 68 for years; that is how good the value is. The roster fit checks out.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Xavier Worthy · WR · rank 55
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Xavier Worthy at the 69th overall pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 84
The board fumbled Blake Corum all the way to the Round 4 slot, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 75
Mike Sainristil in No. 105 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A minor itch, scratched.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 122
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Theo Johnson at pick No. 137 is the proof. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Khristian Boyd · DL-EDGE · rank 178
Khristian Boyd at the 180th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.23 · Pick 198 · Jaylan Ford · LB · rank 206
The board had cheaper options than Jaylan Ford at the Round 6 slot, and it noticed. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R7.5 · Pick 225 · Kendall Milton · RB · rank 202
Kendall Milton in Round 7, Pick 5 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Johnny Dixon · CB · rank 191
You do not let a cornerback like Johnny Dixon reach the 231st overall pick and blink. They did not. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
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