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New England Patriots

The Patriots bled value on every deal, hence the B-.

by NE4LIFE · 2024 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 3 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

The Patriots treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 182nd pick on Jha'Quan Jackson a full 44 spots early.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. Liufau falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.22 · Pick 22 · Kool-Aid McKinstry · CB · rank 19
In slot 22 they get an island corner. Need was not the driver here.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Bralen Trice · DE-EDGE · rank 37
Bralen Trice in pick 34 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R2.18 · Pick 50 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 39
They read the board right and Tyler Guyton was the payoff at the 50th pick. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Javon Bullard · S · rank 63
Javon Bullard in pick No. 67 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Ricky Pearsall · WR · rank 69
They took Ricky Pearsall at par in the 68th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · Michael Pratt · QB · rank 104
Michael Pratt in Round 4, Pick 3 is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.4 · Pick 104 · Marist Liufau · LB · rank 84
You do not let a linebacker like Marist Liufau reach Round 4, Pick 4 and blink. They did not. A minor itch, scratched.
R4.36 · Pick 136 · Dallin Holker · TE · rank 147
Dallin Holker in pick 136 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.2 · Pick 138 · Sincere Haynesworth · C · rank 162
Sincere Haynesworth at slot 138 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R6.7 · Pick 182 · Jha'Quan Jackson · WR · rank 226
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jha'Quan Jackson. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.9 · Pick 229 · Austin Stogner · TE · rank 210
A tight end of that caliber at No. 229 is the definition of value, full stop. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
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