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New England Patriots

The Patriots bet the future on Maye. The board says A-.

by Lewi · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 8 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

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 won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. Getting Stover where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The cost of the Coker reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 7
In the Round 1 slot they get a passer to set the clock by at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Amarius Mims · OT · rank 23
A slide stopped in pick 34, with Amarius Mims worth more than the price. The roster fit checks out.
R2.22 · Pick 54 · Junior Colson · LB · rank 46
Junior Colson at pick No. 54 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 51
Mike Sainristil at the 68th overall pick is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. A minor itch, scratched.
R3.24 · Pick 87 · Malik Washington · WR · rank 81
A tidy little value on Malik Washington in the 87th pick, a step better than break-even. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Cade Stover · TE · rank 83
Cade Stover in slot 103 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Will Shipley · RB · rank 117
Will Shipley at No. 109 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It fills a real need, too.
R5.7 · Pick 143 · Malik Mustapha · S · rank 132
Malik Mustapha slipping to Round 5, Pick 7 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.12 · Pick 148 · Myles Cole · DE-EDGE · rank 157
They liked Myles Cole enough to skip the value, taking him in Round 5, Pick 12. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.20 · Pick 156 · Trevin Wallace · LB · rank 151
Trevin Wallace in the 156th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R5.21 · Pick 157 · Trevor Keegan · OG · rank 156
They paid sticker price for Trevor Keegan in the Round 5 slot, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.38 · Pick 174 · Jordan Magee · LB · rank 161
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jordan Magee at the 174th overall pick is the proof. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · McKinnley Jackson · DL · rank 165
Quietly one of the better values of the day, McKinnley Jackson at No. 180. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · Jalen Coker · WR · rank 211
They talked themselves into Jalen Coker at pick 193, and the board did not agree. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Nathan Thomas · OT · rank 198
They robbed the room for Nathan Thomas here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Logan Lee · DL · rank 243
A conviction pick on Logan Lee at pick No. 231 that the board grades a round light. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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