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New England Patriots

The Patriots cashed the board's mistake on Pritchett: B.

by Pats123456 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future D

You build a draft on nights like this. Nehemiah Pritchett had no business being available in slot 182, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. The Patriots paired the rookies with proven help, DeAndre Hopkins leading the way.

Every board in the league had McCaffrey lower, and that gap is the story.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Brock Bowers · TE · rank 6
In pick No. 6 they get a seam-stretching tight end. A real need, handled.
R1.17 · Pick 17 · Jared Verse · DE-EDGE · rank 11
In pick 17 they get juice off the edge at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 35
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get protection for the quarterback, even if it was a touch early. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 33
Adonai Mitchell in the 34th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 46
No edge and no loss on J.J. McCarthy in slot 39; it is a wash and a sensible one. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 57
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kingsley Suamataia in the 68th pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 78
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kris Abrams-Draine at the Round 3 slot is the proof. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Javon Baker · WR · rank 95
Nice patience on Javon Baker, who had no business lasting to No. 104. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Ben Sinnott · TE · rank 132
Ben Sinnott at the 136th overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It fills a real need, too.
R5.16 · Pick 152 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 165
The board had cheaper options than Luke McCaffrey at pick No. 152, and it noticed. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Nehemiah Pritchett · CB · rank 134
They barely believed it either: Nehemiah Pritchett still on the board at slot 182. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 224
Fair-plus on Frank Gore Jr., a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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