37'S MOCK DRAFT
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37'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON DEC 22, 2024

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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (NE)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NE)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 80 RND: 3 (NE)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (NE)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (NE)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (NE)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (NE)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Patriots, and a B- to prove it.

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Patriots spent the 70th pick on Logan Brown, a name the board had a full 82 spots lower.

They banked enough surplus on Stowers to cover a lot of smaller sins. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In pick No. 3 they get a potential shutdown corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick39 Rnd2 Dylan Fairchild
They went early on Dylan Fairchild in the Round 2 slot, and the value did not follow. The roster fit checks out.
Pick70 Rnd3 Logan Brown
They left a pile of value on the table to take Logan Brown this early at slot 70. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick80 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
Dylan Sampson at No. 80 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick106 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
By-the-book stuff, Smael Mondon Jr. at Round 4, Pick 5 squarely in line with his ranking. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick141 Rnd5 Chris Paul Jr.
They robbed the room for Chris Paul Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick221 Rnd7 Jamaree Caldwell
They talked themselves into Jamaree Caldwell at the 221st pick, and the board did not agree. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick223 Rnd7 Eli Stowers
You do not let a tight end like Eli Stowers reach No. 223 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick235 Rnd7 Shilo Sanders
Shilo Sanders at Round 7, Pick 21 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.