PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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New England Patriots

The Patriots turned the phones into found money: B+.

by Smonze · 2024 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 0 steals · 9 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Patriots shredded theirs for Zak Zinter. He came off 34 spots early, and the room will hear about it. The bottom line is a respectable B+.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. A whole weekend of picks and safety is somehow still a want.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.5 · Pick 5 · Malik Nabers · WR · rank 4
In pick 5 they get a home-run threat at receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Jordan Morgan · OT · rank 35
No edge and no loss on Jordan Morgan in Round 2, Pick 2; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster fit checks out.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · J.J. McCarthy · QB · rank 46
J.J. McCarthy in slot 37 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Michael Hall Jr. · DT · rank 80
They liked Michael Hall Jr. enough to skip the value, taking him in No. 69. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 104
A wild overpay on Zak Zinter in the Round 3 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It fills a real need, too.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Javon Foster · OT · rank 121
Javon Foster at pick No. 106 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Dylan Laube · RB · rank 151
A premium they did not need to pay, Dylan Laube a notch or two before his time. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Justin Eboigbe · DL-EDGE · rank 150
Justin Eboigbe in the 139th pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.4 · Pick 140 · Tommy Eichenberg · LB · rank 144
Tommy Eichenberg in the 140th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R6.4 · Pick 179 · Jared Wiley · TE · rank 200
A real head-scratcher, Jared Wiley in pick No. 179 is miles ahead of his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · JD Bertrand · LB · rank 211
A big swing on JD Bertrand at pick 182, well ahead of any board in the building. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Joshua Cephus · WR · rank 256
They reached into another round for Joshua Cephus, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
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