PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A

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New England Patriots

The Patriots worked the phones like thieves and earned a A.

by Joerod · 2024 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 8 steals · 5 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

The Patriots went off the board in a big way for Austin Reed, 94 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Gould. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.10 · Pick 10 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 3
They did well to land Malik Nabers in pick 10, just ahead of his grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R1.20 · Pick 20 · Olumuyiwa Fashanu · OT · rank 8
In pick No. 20 they get a building block for the line, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 32
Adonai Mitchell in slot 34 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 36
They robbed the room for Ja'Tavion Sanders here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Troy Franklin · WR · rank 33
You do not let a wide receiver like Troy Franklin reach the Round 3 slot and blink. They did not. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Spencer Rattler · QB · rank 117
Value said wait; Spencer Rattler in Round 3, Pick 8 says they were not listening. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.29 · Pick 92 · Matt Goncalves · OT · rank 114
A real head-scratcher, Matt Goncalves in pick 92 is miles ahead of his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Trevor Keegan · OG · rank 144
Trevor Keegan at pick No. 103 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.19 · Pick 119 · Blake Corum · RB · rank 84
Blake Corum at slot 119 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Kris Abrams-Draine · CB · rank 81
They will replay Kris Abrams-Draine at the Round 5 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A minor itch, scratched.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Austin Reed · QB · rank 274
Austin Reed in Round 6, Pick 5 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · James Williams · LB · rank 124
James Williams at the 193rd pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R6.45 · Pick 220 · Steele Chambers · LB · rank 200
Taking Steele Chambers in the 220th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Anthony Gould · WR · rank 142
Anthony Gould in No. 226 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 259
They reached a country mile for Sam Hartman at the 231st overall pick, and the board is aghast. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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