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djdaniel'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 11, 2024

Defense First?????

  • djdaniel DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NE)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NE)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Javon Baker Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (NE)
Javon Baker
WR UCF
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (NE)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NE)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (NE)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (NE)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Bub Means Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Bub Means
WR Pittsburgh
Draft Picks Received
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (MIN)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (MIN)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall C+
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesD FutureB-
The Patriots did enough to get by: C+.

The war room fell hard for Bub Means, and it showed at the 231st pick: 30 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.

Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They were the ones paying the moving tax this weekend.

Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Dallas Turner
In pick 11 they get a premier pass rusher. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
A reach for T.J. Tampa in the 34th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick42 Rnd2 Jordan Morgan
Jordan Morgan in Round 2, Pick 10 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick68 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette at the Round 3 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick102 Rnd4 Javon Baker
Javon Baker in pick No. 102 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick128 Rnd4 Dylan Laube
They left a pile of value on the table to take Dylan Laube this early at the 128th overall pick. The roster fit checks out.
Pick136 Rnd4 Theo Johnson
No drama and no debate, Theo Johnson went about where he belonged in slot 136. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick166 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
Jordan Jefferson at No. 166 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
They jumped the gun on Jaylan Ford, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick231 Rnd7 Bub Means
They reached a country mile for Bub Means at pick No. 231, and the board is aghast. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.