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Perry: How Patriots ‘lucked out in big way’ entering 2024 NFL Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
So much about the NFL Draft is about luck. A lot has to go your way for it to be successful, even if you have a high first-round pick.
A huge part of the luck factor is getting a high pick in a year that features a lot of high-end players at positions of need on your roster. For example, the teams with a top 10 pick in the 2013 NFL Draft were pretty unlucky if they badly needed a quarterback or wide receiver. It was a bad draft at both positions.
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The New England Patriots have glaring weaknesses at quarterback, wide receiver and offensive tackle, and lucky for them, the 2024 draft class is absolutely loaded at these positions. The Patriots still need to do their homework and make sure they select the right players, but there’s plenty of exciting talent to choose from.
“The Patriots have lucked out in a big way this year because there are legitimate top quarterbacks at the top of this draft,” NBC Sports Boston’s Patriots insider Phil Perry said Tuesday on 98.5 The Sports Hub show Zolak & Bertrand.
“There are nine or potentially even 10 first round/top of the second round offensive tackles in this year’s draft, which is almost unprecedented, if not unprecedented. I think the record for tackles taken in the first round is seven or eight. They could break that this year.”
Even if the Patriots took a quarterback at No. 3, they could still get a very good left tackle early in the second round. Maybe even someone like University of Houston star Patrick Paul, who went to the Patriots at No. 34 overall in Perry’s first 2024 NFL mock draft published last week.
“So if you wanted to take a quarterback and still get your tackle, you could get that guy maybe at pick No. 34 overall,” Perry said. “There are a bunch of tackles at the Senior Bowl this year because…
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Publish date : 2024-01-30 21:36:07
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