PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A

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The Patriots let Morgan fall and pounced. Final grade: A.

by Lewi · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 8 steals · 0 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

Somebody in the Round 3 slot was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Patriots sat still while Jordan Morgan, the No. 34 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. Clayton Tune gives the group a proven body among the projects. The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.26 · Pick 26 · Terrion Arnold · CB · rank 20
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Brian Thomas Jr. · WR · rank 22
Nothing to complain about; Brian Thomas Jr. went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 31
A reasonable price with a little left over, Tyler Guyton in No. 34. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Bo Nix · QB · rank 33
Bo Nix in slot 47 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 32
The board fumbled Adonai Mitchell all the way to the 57th pick, and they scooped it up. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Cooper DeJean · CB · rank 21
Cooper DeJean at pick No. 68 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 34
Jordan Morgan at the 90th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Mekhi Wingo · DT · rank 101
They paid sticker price for Mekhi Wingo in pick 103, and that is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Cole Bishop · S · rank 92
Cole Bishop in the 137th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 137
They barely believed it either: Jared Wiley still on the board at slot 180. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Xavier Thomas · DE-EDGE · rank 143
You do not let an edge rusher like Xavier Thomas reach the 186th overall pick and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · Rasheen Ali · RB · rank 196
Rasheen Ali in Round 6, Pick 18 is fair value, right on his grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · JD Bertrand · LB · rank 223
JD Bertrand is a better player than the Round 7 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
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