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saucegamez'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 12, 2024

Patriots Mock 1.0

  • saucegamez DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (NE)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Sheridan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Sheridan Jones
CB Clemson
Rondell Bothroyd Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (NE)
Rondell Bothroyd
DL-EDGE Oklahoma
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots bet the future on Maye. The board says B-.

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 are betting Bothroyd proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The safety hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In No. 3 they get a franchise quarterback at fair value.
Pick34 Rnd2 Ladd McConkey
No edge and no loss on Ladd McConkey in the 34th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick68 Rnd3 Byron Murphy II
They paid sticker price for Byron Murphy II in the 68th overall pick, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick103 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Dominick Puni. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick139 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
This one needs a full-page explanation: Ty'Ron Hopper in pick 139, miles early. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick182 Rnd6 Sheridan Jones
Sheridan Jones in pick No. 182 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick224 Rnd7 Rondell Bothroyd
Rondell Bothroyd in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.