More than a week out from the start of NFL free agency we now have a greater sense of the New England Patriots' top draft needs.

We put together our first Patriots mock draft before free agency began earlier this month. We take a different approach after New England signed running back James Robinson, wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, tight end Mike Gesicki, offensive tackles Calvin Anderson and Riley Reiff and linebacker Chris Board while losing punter Jake Bailey, tight end Jonnu Smith and wide receiver Jakobi Meyers.

Last time, we only went three rounds for the mock draft. This time, let's do all seven rounds.

Round 1, Pick 14: OT Peter Skoronski, Northwestern

The Patriots can go one of three ways here: offensive tackle, cornerback or rogue. Here’s a list of Patriots offensive tackles under contract in 2024: Calvin Anderson, Conor McDermott and Andrew Stueber. That’s it. Prospective starters Trent Brown and Riley Reiff are both free agents and on the older side. New England needs a cornerback now, but they also need an offensive tackle of the future maybe even more.

So, will Skoronski be there at No. 14 overall? Who knows. It’s still early. He’s right there at No. 14 overall in the NFLMockDraftDatabase.com consensus big board, and there’s a possibility he could fall because of his 32 1/4-inch arms. But the Patriots seemingly care less about length at tackle than other teams, and Skoronski could be a top-level offensive tackle for years.

Round 2, Pick 46: CB Julius Brents, Kansas State

This is almost a do-over of the Joejuan Williams pick from four years ago. Brents is 6-foot-3, 198 pounds with 34-inch arms. He ran a 4.53-second 40-yard dash, which is good enough to keep up with most of the bigger wide receivers across the NFL. And he flashed otherwise at the combine with a 41.5-inch vertical leap, 11-feet, 6-inch broad jump, 4.05-second short shuttle and 6.63-second 3-cone drill. The Patriots pretty desperately need a cornerback who has the heigh and length to defend bigger, more physical wide receivers.

Round 3, Pick 76: TE Sam LaPorta, Iowa

Tight ends Hunter Henry and Mike Gesicki both are free agents after the season. New England has struggled to develop young tight ends since Rob Gronkowski, but LaPorta could come in and help out as a blocker and work his way in as a pass-catcher.

Round 4, Pick 107: WR Trey Palmer, Nebraska

The Patriots took a tall, fast receiver last spring in Baylor’s Tyquan Thornton. Palmer, an LSU transfer, is 6 feet, 192 pounds and ran a 4.33-second 40-yard dash with a 1.51-second 10-yard split at the combine. He also put up 1,043 yards with nine touchdowns for the Cornhuskers in 2022.

Round 4, Pick 117: CB Riley Moss, Iowa

The Patriots need more big bodies at cornerback, especially since they could see some cornerbacks playing safety this season in Devin McCourty’s absence. Moss is 6-foot-1, 193 pounds with 4.45-second-40-yard-dash speed. He’ll also have the unique distinction as the only white cornerback in the NFL if he sticks at the position, which has no bearing on his play style or this pick, but it's an interesting footnote nonetheless. It's been mentioned in every story about Moss, and we didn't want to break the streak.

Round 4, Pick 135: LB Ivan Pace, Cincinnati

Pace is just a fun player. He’s just 5-foot-11, 231 pounds, but he compiled 136 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, nine sacks, two forced fumbles, 55 total pressures and 18 QB hits last season as a one-man wrecking crew for the Bearcats. The Patriots have liked undersized thumping linebackers in the past like Elandon Roberts.

Round 6, Pick 184: P Adam Korsak, Rutgers

The Patriots don’t currently have a punter. They love players from Greg Schiano’s system. This seems like a no-brainer, but it probably happens in the fifth round.

Round 6, Pick 187: QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson, UCLA

New England likes taking swings on quarterbacks in the draft. They currently only have two QBs on the roster, though they have shown interest in veteran free-agent passers.

Round 6, Pick 197: K Jake Moody, Michigan

Nick Folk is under contract, but it’s worth getting another kicker on the field in training camp for some competition.

Round 6, Pick 210: OL Warren McClendon, Georgia

McClendon started at right tackle at Georgia, but he might be forced to kick inside at the NFL level. The Patriots need depth on their interior offensive line.

Round 7, Pick 245: DT DJ Dale, Alabama

New England doesn’t need much help on their interior defensive line, but Dale was a three-year starter at Alabama as a slightly undersized nose tackle.

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