PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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New England Patriots

The Patriots won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B+.

by BobbySwizz · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 1 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Patriots took Anim Dankwah a full 47 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. That is an edge rusher worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

The Patriots clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 8 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 8
In the 7th pick they get a long-term starter on the line. A real need, handled.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Chop Robinson · DE-EDGE · rank 21
Chop Robinson at the 34th overall pick is money in the bank, a edge rusher taken below his worth. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Spencer Rattler · QB · rank 68
Value said wait; Spencer Rattler in No. 45 says they were not listening. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 74
Xavier Legette in slot 68 is fair value, right on his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Isaac Guerendo · RB · rank 111
No edge and no loss on Isaac Guerendo in the Round 4 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Renardo Green · S · rank 112
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Renardo Green. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 136
Theo Johnson in the Round 4 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.33 · Pick 169 · Jordan Jefferson · DT · rank 186
They paid up for Jordan Jefferson at the 169th overall pick when waiting would have done the job. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Garret Greenfield · OT · rank 220
They reached a country mile for Garret Greenfield at pick 182, and the board is aghast. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Jalen Coker · WR · rank 259
Jalen Coker in Round 7, Pick 9 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.10 · Pick 230 · Anim Dankwah · OT · rank 277
Anim Dankwah in the 230th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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