Daily news and links for Thursday
TEAM TALK
- Patriots 2024 NFL Draft Primer and ways to watch.
- Evan Lazar’s final positional rankings for the 2024 NFL Draft: round grades, strengths and weaknesses, and more.
- Patriots Unfiltered’s 2024 Draft Forecast: Quick-hitters on the draft with picks, predictions and more.
- Patriots 2024 Mock Draft Tracker.
- Journey to the NFL: DeMario Douglas (4 min. video) and Christian Gonzalez (4 min. video)
- Patriots All Access: Live Draft preview, One-on-one with Eliot Wolf. Special edition. (18 min. video)
- Inside the Numbers: A historical look at past Patriots drafts. (1 min. video)
- From NFL Network: Predictions for Patriots’ selection at No. 34 overall ‘Path to the Draft’. (3.22 min. video)
- From the NFL: Get hyped for the 2024 NFL Draft. (38 second video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Brian Hines tells us how to watch the first round, the Patriots picks, start time, and more.
- Bernd Buchmasser shares 6 thoughts on the Patriots ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft.
- Karen Guregian delivers the only important draft night message to Eliot Wolf and the Patriots: “Don’t bleep it up!”
- Mike D’Abate notes Jerod Mayo is well aware of the importance of making the “right” decisions in this year’s draft.
- Alex Barth ranks the Patriots’ 11 biggest roster needs heading into tonight’s Draft.
- Ben Volin tells us what they’re saying in Detroit on the question of, “will the Patriots take Drake Maye or not?”
- Doug Kyed breaks down the top 12 offensive prospects in the 2024 NFL Draft just in case the Patriots have a trade down up their sleeve.
- Andrew Callahan makes the case that the right and most obvious choice for the Patriots at No. 3 is to draft either Jayden Daniels or Drake Maye. “One or the other. Just pick.”
- Amin Touri wonders that if the Pats don’t love the QBs at No. 3, is Joe Alt the franchise tackle New England needs?
- Mark Daniels thumbnails 123 prospects connected to the Patriots
- Alex Barth reacts to the Felger & Mazz Big Board: Wide receivers and Tight ends.
- Mark Daniels talks about the Mike Reiss report that the Patriots are in “active extension discussions” with DT Christian Barmore.
- Chris Mason’s Patriots Mailbag: What is best case for Patriots in 2024 NFL Draft?
NATIONAL NEWS
- Joel Corry (CBS Sports) Agent’s Take: Potential trades Patriots should consider with No. 3 overall pick in the Draft.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Report: Patriots, Christian Barmore discussing extension.
- Jared Dubin (CBS Sports) These teams could be busiest in Round 1. Pats listed as “Trade-up candidates”.
- Analysts (PFF) Ranking the 100 best available 2024 NFL Draft prospects.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Will Patriots take Drake Maye if they don’t trade down?
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) QB J.J. McCarthy favored to be a Top 5 pick, but still no clarity on which team drafts him.
- Trevor Sikkema (PFF) Bold predictions for the first round. 1. J.C. Latham is the first offensive tackle off the board.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) At least 10 offensive linemen are likely to go in the first round tonight.
- Jordan Dajani (CBS Sports) Jayden Daniels has two ideal NFL landing spots in his ‘dream world’. No Pats. /lolz.
- Mike Band (NFL.com) 2024 NFL Draft sleepers: Day 2 standouts and Day 3 hidden gems to target.
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) NFL to open training academy for young players in Australia.
- Frank Schwab (Yahoo! Sports) Ranking the new NFL uniforms this season.
- Liz Roscher (Yahoo! Sports) Bill Belichick reportedly lands recurring role on ESPN’s ‘Manningcast,’ will also write book on leadership.
MOCK ME BABY ONE MORE TIME
- Doug Kyed’s Patriots mock draft: Three biggest needs filled early. Pats pick QB Drake Maye at No. 3.
- Lance Zierlein (NFL.com) 2024 NFL mock draft 4.0: Giants trade with New England, jump up for QB Drake Maye. Pats pick Notre Dame OT Joe Alt at No. 6.
- Charles Davis (NFL.com) 2024 NFL mock draft 3.0: Pats select J.J. McCarthy at No. 3.
- Albert Breer (SI) Predicting the first round. Pats pick QB Drake Maye at No. 3. ‘I do think there was some debate about trading this pick, and some disagreement, and the Patriots having to work through that is new because the franchise doesn’t function as an autocracy in player acquisition anymore. … /Utter nonsense that there was no debate with Belichick as GM.
- Trevor Sikkema (PFF) Seven-round 2024 NFL mock drafts for all 32 teams. ‘Jayden Daniels — or Drake Maye, if we’re being honest — gives the Patriots the chance to believe. If you were just looking at tape from 2023, Daniels had the best season of any quarterback in this draft. The rest of New England’s offense is a work in progress, but this pick is a cornerstone to build around.’
- Cris Collinsworth (PFF) 2024 NFL Mock Draft: Six quarterbacks land in Round 1. Pats pick QB Drake Maye at No. 3.
- Timo Riske (PFF) PFF Analytics 2024 NFL Mock Draft. Pats pick QB Jayden Daniels at No. 3.
- Daniel Jeremiah (NFL.com) 2024 NFL mock draft 4.0. Pats pick QB Drake Maye at No. 3.
- Peter Schrager (NFL.com) 2024 NFL mock draft. Pats pick Drake Maye at No. 3.
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