PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Pats best case 5 rd B-

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New England Patriots

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

by Boggy · 2024 NFL Draft · 5 picks · 1 steals · 0 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades B
Future C+

The one hole that towered over the rest is filled. The Patriots spent their marquee pick on Drake Maye, and for the first time in a while there is a real answer at quarterback.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. The Smith-Wade value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 7
In slot 3 they get their guy under center for the next decade. 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 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 61
Kingsley Suamataia in No. 68 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 74
Nothing to complain about; Cade Stover went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Chau Smith-Wade · CB · rank 127
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Chau Smith-Wade in the 137th overall pick. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
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