Patriots double-dip at QB in 7-round mock draft

In roughly 24 hours, the New England Patriots, along with the other 31 teams, will add a pool of young players to their roster with the hope of improving over the year prior.

New England finished 2023 with a 4-13 record, which was their worst season since 1992. The results got head coach and general manager Bill Belichick fired after two decades with the team.

Before the seven-round event starts on Thursday night, let's project who the Patriots could end up with at the conclusion of Day 3.

For this exercise, we used the Pro Football Focus mock draft simulator. Here's who New England wound up with.

Round 1, Pick 3: QB Drake Maye (UNC)

New England clearly needs a quarterback of the future, as…