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Rob'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON DEC 25, 2023

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  • Rob DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (NE)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NE)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Devontez Walker Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (NE)
Devontez Walker
WR North Carolina
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (NE)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (NE)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (NE)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Draft Picks Received
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NYG)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (KC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (MIN)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
Andrew Booth Jr.
CB
Head Shot
Bernhard Raimann
OT
Head Shot
Andrew Thomas
OT
Head Shot
Joe Thuney
OG
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Patriots turned the phones into found money: B+.

The Patriots treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 107th pick on Kamal Hadden a full 129 spots early.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. It is not that Hadden is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first.

The Legette value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick34 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
They robbed the room for Xavier Legette here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick38 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
No drama and no debate, J.J. McCarthy went about where he belonged in the 38th pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick66 Rnd3 Brian Thomas Jr.
A tidy bit of business in the Round 3 slot, where Brian Thomas Jr. graded well above the range. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick71 Rnd3 Cooper DeJean
Cooper DeJean slipping to slot 71 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick102 Rnd4 Devontez Walker
By-the-book stuff, Devontez Walker at pick No. 102 squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick107 Rnd4 Kamal Hadden
A surprising call. With edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots still to address, they spent the 107th overall pick on Kamal Hadden, a cornerback they were not short of.
Pick139 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott at slot 139 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It fills a real need, too.
Pick223 Rnd7 Isaiah Davis
Isaiah Davis at pick 223 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.