The New England Patriots seemingly have a real chance to select their quarterback of the future next week in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft. But according to Patriots director of scouting Eliot Wolf, the team could have other ideas with their No. 3 overall pick.
The Patriots have very rarely found themselves in this kind of position in the past. In fact, the last time that the team made a pick in the top-1o of the draft came all the way back in 2008, when they selected former linebacker and current head coach Jerod Mayo.
New England has always been known to look to trade down in the draft if possible to increase the overall draft capital that they end up having. And it sounds like this year is no different for them.
According to ESPN’s Mike Reiss, Wolf stated that the Patriots are “open for business” to teams potentially looking to trade up for their No. 3 overall pick.
In an explanation of this possibility, Wolf said that the Patriots have “some holes we feel we need to fill” in this year’s draft.
“We have some holes we feel like we need to fill in the draft,” said Wolf. “We’re a draft-and-develop team; the more picks we have, the better.”
As previously stated, the Patriots have a long track record of trading back in the draft when possible. So it certainly seems like Wolf is being genuine with his comments here.
That being said, many fans are a bit surprised considering the team seemingly had a pretty significant need at the quarterback position heading into the 2024 offseason.
If the Patriots trade out of the 3rd overall pick, they are just the same old Pats, which is not what they want to be in the post-Tom Brady era.#NFLDraft https://t.co/2YEZMbkykT
— Nate Hamilton (@DomiNateFF) April 18, 2024
Translation: it will cost you big to go to 3, but call us. https://t.co/aD7ylVEAvL
— Nicole Bowman (@NikkiBowFB) April 18, 2024
Bruv we don’t have a QB what are you thinking https://t.co/KlOdW26iya
— Sam (@SamSchroll) April 18, 2024
This is basically them saying they are drafted JJ where no one else really is. https://t.co/PwjL1ZwzZb
— Kung Fu (@KungDavey) April 18, 2024
tell me you don’t like jj mccarthy without telling me you like jj mccarthy…*
*for the record… michigan hid jj all season https://t.co/4jgN0Lh5yq
— cody (@CodyRaich) April 18, 2024
The Patriots will of course need to get an offer that they feel is worthy of trading down for. But based on these comments, don’t be surprised to see them trade out of the pick to a team in need of a quarterback of the future. QB what are you thinking?
[ESPN]
