Patriots Hall of Famer makes compelling case for drafting QB at No. 3

Patriots Hall of Famer makes compelling case for drafting QB at No. 3 originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

There’s been plenty of debate in recent months over whether the New England Patriots should keep the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and take a quarterback or trade down, accumulate more picks and figure out the quarterback position later.

One Patriots Hall of Famer thinks the decision is crystal clear: Draft the quarterback.

“Quarterback. I’d go quarterback because this quarterback draft is so strong,” Vince Wilfork recently told Jordy McElroy of USA TODAY Sports. “You don’t know next year what it is. I’m going quarterback because I’m not going to get the receivers. I’m not going to get the top skilled position players coming to my team if I don’t have a quarterback. It’s hard to sell a program and an organization if they don’t have a quarterback.

“You can’t go out and land big receivers in free agency without a quarterback. It just doesn’t happen. I would go quarterback, absolutely. I would not trade out of it. Quarterback is my first pick. We have a lot of them there, and I think we’re going to be okay with the ones that are going to be available. And I would start my franchise back over with getting me a franchise quarterback.”

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Wilfork lays out a pretty compelling case for why the quarterback position should be the priority.

It would probably be difficult for the Patriots to attract premium free agents at the skill positions if the quarterback situation isn’t very good. We’ve already seen that, to a degree. They entered free agency last month with more salary cap space than any team and still haven’t made any substantial outside additions on offense.

New England reportedly made a competitive offer to free agent wideout Calvin Ridley but he chose to sign with the Tennessee Titans instead.

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Publish date : 2024-04-10 22:05:16

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