PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE D+

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New England Patriots

The Patriots robbed the room for Dixon. Final grade: D+.

by Brady · 2024 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades F
Future B

Somebody took the Patriots to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it. The process wobbled, and the D+ is where it lands.

Every board in the league had Rattler lower, and that gap is the story. The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Dixon.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and safety is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.27 · Pick 27 · Brian Thomas Jr. · WR · rank 26
In the 27th overall pick they get a difference-maker at receiver at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Tyler Guyton · OT · rank 27
Nothing to complain about; Tyler Guyton went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.3 · Pick 35 · Adonai Mitchell · WR · rank 32
Adonai Mitchell at Round 2, Pick 3 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.18 · Pick 50 · Kingsley Suamataia · OT · rank 56
They took Kingsley Suamataia at par in slot 50, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Ruke Orhorhoro · DT · rank 65
They paid sticker price for Ruke Orhorhoro in pick 66, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Cooper Beebe · OG · rank 69
Cooper Beebe in the Round 3 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.27 · Pick 90 · Spencer Rattler · QB · rank 119
A real head-scratcher, Spencer Rattler in Round 3, Pick 27 is miles ahead of his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.3 · Pick 103 · MarShawn Lloyd · RB · rank 99
They did well to land MarShawn Lloyd in the Round 4 slot, just ahead of his grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Zak Zinter · OG · rank 107
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Zak Zinter. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.25 · Pick 161 · Luke McCaffrey · WR · rank 149
They let Luke McCaffrey come to them and pounced at the 161st overall pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.35 · Pick 171 · Grayson Murphy · DL-EDGE · rank 177
Grayson Murphy at No. 171 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.36 · Pick 172 · Fabien Lovett · DL · rank 183
A premium they did not need to pay, Fabien Lovett a notch or two before his time. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.5 · Pick 180 · Jaylen Harrell · DE-EDGE · rank 207
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jaylen Harrell well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.6 · Pick 226 · Johnny Dixon · CB · rank 190
Johnny Dixon at pick 226 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R7.11 · Pick 231 · Sam Hartman · QB · rank 258
Sam Hartman at the 231st pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.23 · Pick 243 · Jalen Coker · WR · rank 251
They paid up for Jalen Coker at the 243rd overall pick when waiting would have done the job. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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