Julia StumbaughApril 5, 2024
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The New England Patriots would require to get “a lot more” than 3 first-round choices in order to trade below the No. 3 choice in the 2024 NFL draft, according to NBC Sports Boston’s Tom Curran.
Curran does not think the Patriots would accept a theoretical offer from the Minnesota Vikings that consists of the No. 11 and No. 23 choices of the 2024 draft, in addition to a 2025 first-rounder, for the 3rd choice.
“From what I’m hearing, it’s going to take a lot more than that for the Patriots to be moved off their area, since they as a group jointly comprehend the chance that these 3 quarterbacks represent at the top of the draft,” Curran stated Thursday on the Patriots Talk Podcast.
Any group thinking about preparing USC’s Caleb Williams, LSU’s Jayden Daniels or North Carolina’s Drake Maye will likely require to hold among the leading 3 choices.
The Vikings, who require a brand-new franchise quarterback to change Kirk Cousins, have actually been gotten in touch with the Patriots’ No. 3 choice since Minnesota’s relocate to get draft capital last month.
The Vikings sent out 3 draft choices, consisting of the No. 42 choice of this year’s draft, to the Houston Texans on March 15 for the approaching No. 23 choice.
With the No. 11 choice in hand, the Vikings have a set of first-round choices that relatively would permit them to move further up the draft.
If that was the strategy, basic supervisor Kwesi Adofo-Mensah has actually now encountered a challenge in the kind of expensive cost.
In a quarterback mock draft released on April 4 by ESPN’s Matt Miller and Jordan Reid, the Vikings packaged the trio of first-round choices in a handle the Arizona Cardinals to go up to No. 4 and draft Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy.
That forecast demonstrates how expensive going up to the top of this draft has actually ended up being. Leading drafters understand they have utilize which those thinking about including a quarterback predicted to be successful as a first-year starter will require to choose a minimum of within the very first 6 choices.
The Patriots have much more power in a prospective trade since they hold a greater choice, and they require a future franchise QB.
If New England does not discover that signal-caller in the draft, it’ll likely need to discover him on the free market. That suggests the group will be searching for all the trade fodder it can get in any prospective offer for the No. 3 choice.