B
New England Patriots
The Patriots robbed the room for Keegan. Final grade: B.
by Pats123456 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 5 steals
· 2 reaches
Call it larceny. Trevor Keegan sat on the board until Round 7, Pick 9, and the Patriots did not need to be asked twice. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.
Reaching for Edwards left real value on the table behind him. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.
That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.
Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 15 they get a difference-maker at receiver, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
In the Round 1 slot they get a red-zone target to build around at a price that makes it sweeter. A clean fit for the roster.
In slot 21 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. A real need, handled.
A reach on J.J. McCarthy in the 34th pick; the board had better options right there. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Ja'Tavion Sanders in pick 35 is fair value, right on his grade. The roster fit checks out.
The board fumbled Ladd McConkey all the way to Round 2, Pick 32, and they scooped it up. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
A clean, defensible pick in No. 68 with a little surplus value in Kiran Amegadjie. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
You do not let a safety like Calen Bullock reach the 104th overall pick and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They paid sticker price for Andru Phillips in the 118th pick, and that is fine. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Daijun Edwards in Round 6, Pick 7 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Trevor Keegan in pick 229 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It fills a real need, too.
