Where Patriots stand on trading No. 3 pick as draft decision looms

Where Patriots stand on trading No. 3 pick as draft decision looms originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

What will it take for the Patriots to trade down from No. 3 and pass on one of the top three quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL Draft?

A big, big booty. Massive. Historic.

The mindset in Foxboro is the package has to be bigger than what San Francisco put together in 2021 to go up from No. 12 to No. 3 in their deal with Miami. In that deal, the 49ers sent No. 12, a 2022 third-rounder and first-round picks in 2022 and 2023 to Miami for the privilege of selecting Trey Lance.

Where do the Patriots get off asking for more? Well, the 2021 quarterback class was far more suspect than this one. As noted, the Niners took Lance, who played at North Dakota State and had one year of FCS subdivision football under his belt. Zach Wilson, propped up by a limited schedule at BYU thanks to COVID, was the No. 2 pick.

The group of three who could be on the board at No. 3 this year – Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye and J.J. McCarthy – features a Heisman Trophy winner, a national championship winner and a guy (Maye) who fills out the franchise quarterback suit beautifully.

There aren’t ZERO questions about the kids up top. But there are a lot fewer than there were three years ago.

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But getting New England to pass on selecting a QB at No. 3 when their depth chart’s populated by Jacoby Brissett, Bailey Zappe and Nathan Rourke will take an offer New England cannot refuse. You’d be convincing the team to pass on taking a (purportedly) can’t-miss prospect at the most important position in professional sports. At a time when interest in the team is at a 31-year ebb.

Four first-rounders over the next three seasons? With that, you can take wideouts, offensive tackles another corner, maybe an edge guy. Or, with that kind of currency, you could…

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Publish date : 2024-04-08 16:07:51

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