PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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New England Patriots

The Patriots bet the future on Maye. The board says D+.

by Brop9404 · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 6 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future C+

Nobody had Zion Tupuola-Fetui this high, and it is not close. The Patriots reached 30 spots to get him at pick No. 139.

So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. The Stover pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with safety and tight end still on the board.

That safety hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Smith-Wade.

The verdict is not kind, and fairly so; this class has a hill to climb.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Drake Maye · QB · rank 5
In pick No. 3 they get a long-term answer under center at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Patrick Paul · OT · rank 47
They paid up for Patrick Paul at No. 34 when waiting would have done the job. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.31 · Pick 63 · Ja'Lynn Polk · WR · rank 55
They read the board right and Ja'Lynn Polk was the payoff at the Round 2 slot. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Sedrick Van Pran · C · rank 90
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Sedrick Van Pran well ahead of where he belonged. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.18 · Pick 82 · Cade Stover · TE-EDGE · rank 94
They bypassed pressing needs at safety and tight end to take Cade Stover, a TE-EDGE that was not the priority.
R3.35 · Pick 98 · Matt Goncalves · OT · rank 106
A reach on Matt Goncalves in Round 3, Pick 35; the board had better options right there. It fills a real need, too.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Leonard Taylor III · DL · rank 112
They jumped the gun on Leonard Taylor III, taking him earlier than his grade liked. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.3 · Pick 139 · Zion Tupuola-Fetui · DE-EDGE · rank 169
They left a pile of value on the table to take Zion Tupuola-Fetui this early at slot 139. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Chau Smith-Wade · CB · rank 162
They robbed the room for Chau Smith-Wade here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R7.4 · Pick 224 · Jawhar Jordan · RB · rank 209
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jawhar Jordan in the 224th overall pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.12 · Pick 232 · Zakhari Franklin · WR · rank 229
A tidy little value on Zakhari Franklin in the Round 7 slot, a step better than break-even. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
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