PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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The Patriots let Hopper fall into their laps, and walked away with a B+.

by jim1981 · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 5 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Ty'Ron Hopper got past him. The Patriots do not have to explain a thing at pick No. 231. A dependable weekend that grades out a B+.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. The Budda Baker deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

If Milton III pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · JC Latham · OT · rank 16
In the 14th overall pick they get a cornerstone up front. A real need, handled.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Jared Verse · DE-EDGE · rank 11
In the 27th pick they get a problem off the edge, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 36
A straight-up fair deal on Ja'Tavion Sanders at pick 34, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · T'Vondre Sweat · DT · rank 43
T'Vondre Sweat in No. 43 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Jonathon Brooks · RB · rank 46
No drama and no debate, Jonathon Brooks went about where he belonged in Round 2, Pick 13. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Devontez Walker · WR · rank 68
By-the-book stuff, Devontez Walker at pick No. 68 squarely in line with his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · Mike Sainristil · CB · rank 74
They took Mike Sainristil at par in the Round 3 slot, which is nothing to complain about. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Kamren Kinchens · S · rank 61
They will replay Kamren Kinchens at slot 79 for years; that is how good the value is. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Ja'Lynn Polk · WR · rank 72
The board fumbled Ja'Lynn Polk all the way to Round 3, Pick 27, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 106
Zak Zinter in slot 103 is fair value, right on his grade. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.1 · Pick 137 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 145
They jumped the gun on Tommy Eichenberg, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.14 · Pick 150 · Jarrian Jones · CB · rank 137
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jarrian Jones at pick 150 is the proof. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Jordan Jefferson · DT · rank 184
Jordan Jefferson at pick No. 180 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · Joe Milton III · QB · rank 200
A conviction pick on Joe Milton III at the 186th overall pick that the board grades a round light. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · Tahj Washington · WR · rank 188
Tahj Washington at the 193rd pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Ty'Ron Hopper · LB · rank 181
They barely believed it either: Ty'Ron Hopper still on the board at No. 231. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
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