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Perry’s 2024 Mock Draft 4.0: Patriots trade down for ‘Packer Way’ pick originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
We’ve been open and honest with how we’re handling our mock drafts this year. What we’re not doing is telling you what we think we’ll happen. If we were, we’d be constantly bouncing back and forth between the Patriots taking either Drake Maye or Jayden Daniels.
Instead, in the hopes of attacking a variety of different realistic options for you to chew on ahead of draft weekend, we’re mixing things up with each new mock.
In this week’s version, we’re going to approach it as though the Patriots simply are not sold on the quarterback who falls to them at No. 3 overall. If that’s the case, as I wrote earlier this week, I believe that at this point they would opt to trade down and build from there.
How might that look? For whom would the Patriots trade down? What could they pick up in terms of draft capital on their way down the board? Let’s find out…
Let’s write this one in ink. The most talented quarterback in the draft is headed to Chicago.
If the name of the game is explosive playmaking ability, the quarterback with 90 plays of 20 yards or more last season should be on his way to Washington.
TRADE: New England Patriots and New York Giants
Giants receive: No. 3 pick
Patriots receive: No. 6 pick, No. 70 pick and Giants’ 2025 first-round pick
3. New York Giants (via Patriots): Drake Maye, QB, UNC
First, let’s discuss the trade itself. This would make sense for the Patriots — again, if they aren’t sold on Maye, who they quite enjoyed meeting at this year’s combine — in that moving down just three spots keeps them in the mix for one of the best receivers or tackles in this year’s draft class.
The return adds up, per the old Jimmy Johnson trade chart, and it not only gives the Patriots a future first-rounder — to attack a quarterback in the 2025 draft, perhaps — but it also gives them a little more ammo in the form of a third-rounder this year.
For the…
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Publish date : 2024-03-07 22:37:00
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