There’s certainly been a lot of discussion about what the New England Patriots might do with the #3 overall selection, especially given their remaining needs after a disappointing free agency.
However, while many have wondered if the Patriots might entertain a trade for what Jerod Mayo called ‘a bag’ to get them to move out of that spot, it sounds like it’s going to take a lot for that to happen.
According to NBC Sports Boston’s Tom Curran, after spending the last couple of weeks scouting potential signal callers and attending their pro days, the club has apparently reached a point where they feel pretty good about two players.
Given all the work that’s gone into this, it appears both Jayden Daniels and Drake Maye showed them enough where New England is confident neither will become disappointments at the next level, and Eliot Wolf and company seem to feel comfortable with either player.
“What I’m hearing in terms of ‘the bag’ that Jerod Mayo referenced last week, what kind of currency do the Patriots need to see coming to them?” said Curran during his latest Patriots Talk Podcast with Phil Perry. “And I keep circling back to it’s gotta be three first-round picks, meaning Minnesota at 11, and 23 and their first-round pick from next year.”
“From what I’m hearing, it’s going to take a lot more than that for the Patriots to be moved off their spot. Because they as a team collectively understand the opportunity that these three quarterbacks represent at the top of the draft – take McCarthy out – these two quarterbacks, whether it be Daniels or Maye.”
“This isn’t Trey Lance and Zack Wilson. It’s two people that there is full consensus that they’re franchise quarterbacks.”
Curran has been fairly vocal in his desire to see the team potentially trade out of that spot and bolster their roster. But at this point, he also admitted that what they’ve seen has changed things.
The club is now simply viewing it with the mindset that the opportunity to select a potential future NFL starter is sitting within reach. So, it’s likely a situation where it’s just one they simply can’t pass up.
“So regardless of what I’ve been saying, I’m giving you a sense now of what the Patriots’ mindset might be,” said Curran. “It would take an unbelievable amount to move them off their spot. Not that they couldn’t be, but it would take them a lot to move out of three because they see it right there in front of them. The hardest thing to capture is there.”
Maye was reportedly in Foxboro meeting with the team on Friday, while Ian Rapoport of NFL Media also reported that Jayden Daniels will follow that meeting by visiting with the Patriots on Monday.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: Portions of the above appeared in this morning’s daily Patriots news and notes column.)
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