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Rob'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 10, 2024

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  • Rob DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (NE)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (NE)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Malik Washington Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (NE)
Malik Washington
WR Virginia
Traeshon Holden Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (NE)
Traeshon Holden
WR Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (GB)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (GB)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Traeshon Holden Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (GB)
Traeshon Holden
WR Oregon
Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (CHI)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (MIN)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Isaiah Neyor Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (BAL)
Isaiah Neyor
WR Texas
Players Gained
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Andrew Booth Jr.
CB
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Brian Branch
S
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Landon Dickerson
OG
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Cole Kmet
TE
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Bernhard Raimann
OT
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Nolan Smith
LB
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Justin Tucker
PK
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Jameson Williams
WR
Players traded away
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Atonio Mafi
OG
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Cole Strange
OG
Head Shot
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
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Myles Bryant
CB
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Tyquan Thornton
WR
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Patriots finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a B+.

The Patriots treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending pick 240 on Traeshon Holden a full 89 spots early. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.

Everything downstream of Bo Nix depends on Bo Nix, and the building knows it. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Bo Nix
In slot 19 they get a franchise quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Troy Franklin
Good price on Troy Franklin in No. 34, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick68 Rnd3 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat at pick No. 68 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick92 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
A tidy little value on TreVeyon Henderson in the Round 3 slot, a step better than break-even. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick103 Rnd4 Cooper Beebe
They went early on Cooper Beebe in Round 4, Pick 3, and the value did not follow. The roster fit checks out.
Pick139 Rnd5 Malik Washington
Malik Washington in the 139th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick240 Rnd7 Traeshon Holden
A big swing on Traeshon Holden at No. 240, well ahead of any board in the building. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.