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Rob'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON DEC 28, 2023

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  • Rob DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NE)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (NE)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (NE)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Bryson Nesbit Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (NE)
Bryson Nesbit
TE North Carolina
Draft Picks Received
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (TEN)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NYG)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (TEN)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Bryson Nesbit Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (TEN)
Bryson Nesbit
TE North Carolina
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NYG)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (IND)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (NYG)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (KC)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (DEN)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Shemar Turner Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (WSH)
Shemar Turner
DL-EDGE Texas A&M
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (MIN)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
Andrew Booth Jr.
CB
Head Shot
Landon Dickerson
OG
Head Shot
Jerry Jeudy
WR
Head Shot
Bernhard Raimann
OT
Head Shot
Brian Robinson
RB
Head Shot
Nolan Smith
LB
Head Shot
Joe Thuney
OG
Players traded away
Head Shot
Cole Strange
OG
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
Nobody dealt better than the Patriots this weekend: B.

The Bryson Nesbit pick is the one that will follow the Patriots into the fall. They took him 73 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 JC Latham
In the 9th overall pick they get a long-term starter on the line. A real need, handled.
Pick34 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy in No. 34 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick38 Rnd2 Brian Thomas Jr.
A conviction pick on Brian Thomas Jr. at Round 2, Pick 6 that the board grades a round light. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick41 Rnd2 Troy Franklin
A clean, defensible pick in slot 41 with a little surplus value in Troy Franklin. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick223 Rnd7 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden in the 223rd pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick230 Rnd7 Bryson Nesbit
A real head-scratcher, Bryson Nesbit in the Round 7 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.