B
New England Patriots
The Patriots cashed the board's mistake on McGlothern: B.
by Biggs7079 ·
2024 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
Somebody in the Round 7 slot was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Patriots sat still while Dwight McGlothern, the No. 175 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium.
The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. If McCarthy pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend.
Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.
A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 10 they get protection for the quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
Keon Coleman in pick 34 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
They went early on J.J. McCarthy in pick No. 38, and the value did not follow. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They read the board right and Kingsley Suamataia was the payoff at the 68th overall pick. It fills a real need, too.
They robbed the room for Jermaine Burton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
A tidy little value on Trey Benson in the 102nd pick, a step better than break-even. The roster fit checks out.
Malik Washington in the Round 4 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Kalen King at Round 6, Pick 4 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Taking Dwight McGlothern in No. 231 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.