PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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New England Patriots

The steal of the weekend belongs to the Patriots and Fautanu: B+.

by dspencer68 · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 9 steals · 0 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

The rest of the league will want that one back. Troy Fautanu tumbling to the Patriots in the 68th overall pick is a gift they did not have to think twice about. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. With edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on cornerback is the choice that costs them. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
In the 5th pick they get a true top target. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R1.6 · Pick 6 · Brock Bowers · TE · rank 6
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Brock Bowers. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 19
They let Kool-Aid McKinstry come to them and pounced at Round 1, Pick 27. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 22
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Amarius Mims in No. 34. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Troy Fautanu · OT · rank 28
Troy Fautanu in pick 68 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Ricky Pearsall · WR · rank 69
Taking Ricky Pearsall in the 104th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 72
Blake Corum in slot 105 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Jarvis Brownlee Jr. · CB · rank 109
A curious use of the Round 4 slot. Edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots needed the pick; a cornerback in Jarvis Brownlee Jr. did not.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 130
They did well to land Cole Bishop in the Round 5 slot, just ahead of his grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Jacob Cowing · WR · rank 100
You do not let a wide receiver like Jacob Cowing reach slot 140 and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Edefuan Ulofoshio · LB · rank 160
The board fumbled Edefuan Ulofoshio all the way to pick No. 182, and they scooped it up. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 216
Jared Wiley is a better player than No. 229 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. It fills a real need, too.
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