KDPPatsfan85
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Nice haul - six of the first 82 picks - wow!
The price to move back up into the first round is probably too prohibitive for it to come to fruition.
You had me going until 137. It’s a pipe dream that these very good players, like Max Melton and Blake Fisher, will be available so late.
I just took what was available in the mock. All of these mock simulators have players ranked very differentlyYou had me going until 137. It’s a pipe dream that these very good players, like Max Melton and Blake Fisher, will be available so late.
But then again look at last year. Dawand Jones. The RT BB obviously should have taken in the third round instead of Marty MaPoop, who continues to be a square peg trying to find a home in a round hole.
Positional (desperate) need met excellent value.
I'm back to sticking with a QB at #3, then trading back up into the first for another pick.
Not easy without the benefit of extra picks from trading down from #3.
In this first one I paused the mock after five OTs were selected.
I must have offered Pittsburgh a dozen trades before they finally accepted.
Frankly the Pats gave up too much, but I wanted to see how it played out.
Fortunately some other decent players were still there when it was the Pats turn again.
3. QB Maye/Daniels
- Pats trade #34, #103, #180, 2025 2nd and 2025 4th for Steelers #20
20 OT Troy Fautanu, Washington
68 WR Ricky Pearsall, Florida
137 RB Dylan Laube, UNH
193 FS Mark Perry, TCU
231 TE McCallan Castles, Tennessee
(other option at 231 was WR Ryan Fluornoy, SE Missouri St)
[No 2025 2nd or 4th round picks]
Even though it was only six picks, they were good quality.
The big downside was losing two 2025 draft picks.
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Same paramaters as above: QB at 3, trade up into 1st for another pick.
Five offensive players, then best available defense.
Once again, the cost of moving back up into the first round is far too exorbitant to be a good value.
3. QB Maye/Daniels
- Pats trade #34 and 2025 1st to Bengals for #18
18 OT JC Latham, Alabama
68 WR Ricky Pearsall, Florida
- [Had the Pats gone WR then OT, the picks would have been WR Brian Thomas Jr and OT Roger Rosengarten]
103 TE Cade Stover, Ohio State
137 RB Jaylen Wright, Tennessee
180 CB Jarvis Brownlee, Louisville
193 ED Mohamed Kamara, Colorado State
231 LB Edefuan Olofoshio, Washington
[No 2025 1st round pick]
The price to move back up into the first round is probably too prohibitive for it to come to fruition.
Yes, in that mock they were both gone by #18.In your second mock, was Fautanu (or Tyler Guyton) not available at #18?
Turning one pick (#103) into four (#131, #138, #168 and #190) was very much well worth it - especially when you see the talent acquired with those picks. For a team in need of multiple upgrades and depth like the Pats, those trades worked out great.If WAS: Daniels then Maye else JJ. WAS takes Maye, so I make a calculated gamble to trade with TEN for an extra second (in reality TEN would need to give up more here, likely a 2025 2nd round pick.) One thing to keep in mind: Teams trading out of the top 10 are giving up blue chip players. The most likely teams to trade down IMO are LAC, Atlanta and the NY Jets. Also IMO the NYG only trade up for Maye (they have as many offensive holes as we do except for their $40 million QB) and won't pass on one of the big three WRs for JJ. Would real-life NEP do this? Probably not.
Pick 68: Some top flight DTs available here. This is a bit of reach but both OTs give positional flexibility with one of them emerging as the franchise LT next year. Overall an ode to BB in doubling up on different positions but also reverse BB and taking DEF in later rounds instead of vice versa. Here's a link from a reddit big board that also links to Dane's "the Beast." That'll explain the Eichenberg, Taylor and Jackson picks. Smith is a rnd 5 value.
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Here are the trades. I didn't calculate the value of these trades, I suspect some fleecing going on here at the hands of the AI .
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Edit: In case it's not clear, not a Daniels fan, I think he's a really poor fit for NE.