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Crowd-sourced 2024 NFL Mock Draft: Patriots fans prioritize offense originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston
It’s become tradition. As we approach the NFL Draft and sift through all the various mock permutations dotting the internet, we put one mock in the hands of the people.
Fire up the mock-draft simulator. Log into Twitter. Post polls to give folks the opportunity to make picks on behalf of the Patriots. Trudge through all seven rounds. Spit out the results.
It’s fun. It’s an opportunity to familiarize ourselves with a boatload of prospects. And it gives us some perspective on how a few thousand fans hope the Patriots will attack the draft next week.
Here it is, with the help of the mock-draft simulator on Pro Football Focus: “The People’s Mock.”
Round 1 (No. 3 overall): Drake Maye, QB, North Carolina
The people have spoken. Clearly. Maye was the runaway winner not only for this particular pick, but for the entire mock: He received what was far and away the highest percentage of votes of any player at any draft slot in this exercise.
And I get it. His physical talent is rare. He’s accustomed to playing in a less-than-ideal situation that has coaxed out of him some of the creative playmaking ability that helps make the best passers in today’s game who they are. He’s thought to be a high-IQ player, and Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo has described him as having key leadership traits.
Can he be a little more erratic than you’d like with some of the “gimme” throws that you’d expect franchise quarterbacks to make? Sure. But he played in a “run-to-grass” offensive system in 2023 — with less in the way of talent at receiver and on the offensive line — that contributed to him being a less productive player than he was in 2022.
Maye has the traits that teams picking at the top of the draft dream of having access to. With Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels off the board, Maye was the ideal choice at No. 3. That’s how the majority of fans see it, at least.
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Author : NBC Sports Boston
Publish date : 2024-04-09 17:56:37
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