Rate where this years Top 10 would have been drafted in last years draft

[mgteich]

If you merge the big board from the 2 years, set aside team needs because the order is different, and consider the rookie seasons of the 2024 class:
- Daniels, Maye, Ward, Williams & Alt at 1-5
- Hunter, Nabors, Carter, Nix, & Graham at 6-10
- Jeanty, Penix, Membou, Latham & MHG at 11-15
- Sanders, Campbell, Warren, Verse & McCarthy at 16-20

So 5 of the top 7, and 11 of the top 20, would be from 2024 (bolded above).

I don't think that Ard should be in the top 3, norSanders should in the top 20.

I also think that we have Maye so high because he is our QB.

 

[Thelonious]

I think this really is a weak draft and that it is unfortunately particularly weak in a couple of our areas of need. Add to this that that jackass Mayo, with the silent complicity apparently of the old fool who hired him, cost us the first pick, and the impatience of fans who would rather jones over every shiny object on the other teams' scrapheap than to work at getting players young enough that they will still be capable in the two or three years when this team might actually be competitive, and aspirations to "be in the hunt for the post-season" look pretty silly.

If we don't start thinking in practical, long-view terms, rather than pleasing the impatient, and send a little effectual love in the direction of the offense, beginning with the o-line, this damned "rebuild" is gonna become a permanent feature of Pats fandom. I've been a fan since they were the Boston Patriots. This kind of crap can go on for years if you're not responsible about ending it.

 

[Hugepatsfan]

Ignoring rookie seasons, I'd say Caleb Williams and Jayden Daniels are still #1 and #2 because of the premium placed on QB. I think Maye would still be the #3 QB, but then you get into if someone likes him over elite positional prospects like Marvin Harrison Jr. or Joe Alt. After that, I think you have Cam Ward as the 4th QB vying for draft position over Nabers from last year and Carter/Hunter this year. Then you have guys like Ashton Jeanty, Mason Graham, Rome Odunze, JC Latham, Will Campbell, and the rest of the QBs vying for #10 where you weight elite prospects (Jeanty, Graham) with positional value worth reaching for.

So add it all up and I'd say:

1) Caleb Williams
2) Jayden Daniels
3/4/5) Drake Maye/Marvin Harrison Jr./Joe Alt
6/7/8/9) Cam Ward/Malik Nabers/Abdul Carter/Travis Hunter
10) too jumbled to call

After rookie seasons, Daniels probably jumps Williams and Maye might as well. Position value would make Maye a clear top 3 though. Nabers moved himself into the MHJ/Alt tier rather than what I have him in there. Bowers moved himself up to that next tier as well so he'd probably be the clear cut #10 option there, arguably as high as #7.