PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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New England Patriots

The Patriots worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.

by Biggs7079 · 2024 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 3 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A-

If you want a masterclass in dealing, watch the Patriots, who turned every swap into a profit this weekend.

The Johnson reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

With edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on OLB-EDGE is the choice that costs them. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Vaki.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Rome Odunze · WR · rank 9
In the 7th pick they get a matchup problem out wide. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 35
They paid sticker price for Jordan Morgan in the 34th overall pick, and that is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 57
A wild overpay on Kingsley Suamataia in pick 39, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R2.29 · Pick 61 · Malachi Corley · WR · rank 54
A reasonable price with a little left over, Malachi Corley in Round 2, Pick 29. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Jaylen Wright · RB · rank 79
They liked Jaylen Wright enough to skip the value, taking him in No. 68. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.29 · Pick 92 · Trey Benson · RB · rank 96
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Trey Benson. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Javon Solomon · OLB-EDGE · rank 116
A want over a need in slot 107: Javon Solomon adds an OLB-EDGE while edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots keeps waiting.
R4.8 · Pick 108 · Theo Johnson · TE · rank 136
Theo Johnson in the Round 4 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Chau Smith-Wade · CB · rank 133
Good price on Chau Smith-Wade in No. 136, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A minor itch, scratched.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Sione Vaki · S · rank 169
Sione Vaki at Round 6, Pick 7 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.9 · Pick 184 · Dwight McGlothern · CB · rank 175
The board had Dwight McGlothern higher than pick No. 184, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R6.44 · Pick 219 · JD Bertrand · LB · rank 211
A slide stopped in the 219th overall pick, with JD Bertrand worth more than the price. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Frank Gore Jr. · RB · rank 224
Frank Gore Jr. at the 229th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the running back. The roster fit checks out.
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