PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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New England Patriots

The Patriots finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a B+.

by Brop9404 · 2024 NFL Draft · 9 picks · 4 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

Somebody in the Round 7 slot was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Patriots sat still while Kitan Oladapo, the No. 168 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B+.

Whatever Jayden Daniels becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own.

The cost of the Van Pran reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Jayden Daniels · QB · rank 8
In pick 6 they get their guy under center for the next decade at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 47
A reach on Patrick Paul in the 34th pick; the board had better options right there. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Xavier Legette · WR · rank 36
A clean, defensible pick in Round 2, Pick 7 with a little surplus value in Xavier Legette. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Ja'Lynn Polk · WR · rank 55
A conviction pick on Ja'Lynn Polk at the Round 2 slot that the board grades a round light. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 89
They talked themselves into Sedrick Van Pran at pick 68, and the board did not agree. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Ja'Tavion Sanders · TE · rank 54
Steal is underselling it; Ja'Tavion Sanders at the 104th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Khyree Jackson · CB · rank 104
Somehow Khyree Jackson was still sitting there in pick No. 136, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · LaDarius Henderson · OT · rank 167
A slide stopped in No. 182, with LaDarius Henderson worth more than the price. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Kitan Oladapo · S · rank 168
Kitan Oladapo in slot 229 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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