B
New England Patriots
The Patriots drew a line under the quarterback search with Maye: B.
by Brop9404 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 1 steals
· 3 reaches
After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Patriots committed. Drake Maye is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline.
They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They will regret leaving interior defensive lineman for another day if the season turns on it. Reaching for Tupuola-Fetui left real value on the table behind him.
Getting Polk where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.
Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
A straight-up fair deal on Drake Maye at No. 3, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Adonai Mitchell in Round 2, Pick 2. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
By-the-book stuff, Patrick Paul at slot 68 squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Ja'Lynn Polk slipping to pick No. 87 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Khyree Jackson. A minor need, but a need all the same.
A conviction pick on Kitan Oladapo at the 137th overall pick that the board grades a round light. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A wild overpay on Zion Tupuola-Fetui in the 193rd pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They paid a round early for KT Leveston in the Round 7 slot, more than the board wanted. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.