Drafting 4
It depends on who is the GM but in a world where the Pats are drafting 4th, or are 3rd but don’t love Daniels, they need to get aggressive and trade up for a QB. As great as Harrison is, a Harrison/Darnold (or Winston, Tannehill etc) combo isn’t going to get this offense back to being competitive. And then you’re looking at wasting a year or two or three of Harrison’s rookie contract and athletic prime while you hope for a new QB.
that said, I don’t see Chicago or Washington passing on QB. Arizona might. The final draft order of teams ahead of the Pats makes a big difference in their strategy.
I don’t see any free agency plan, absent Cousins, being any better than Nix/McCarthy/Penix.Penix is not in the class of the top QBs, Nix even lower, both are considerably worse prospects than Mac where the top 3 are all better. If you don't go QB top 3 you better have a FA plan because you aren't getting a franchise QB in all likelihood
It depends on who is the GM but in a world where the Pats are drafting 4th, or are 3rd but don’t love Daniels, they need to get aggressive and trade up for a QB. As great as Harrison is, a Harrison/Darnold (or Winston, Tannehill etc) combo isn’t going to get this offense back to being competitive. And then you’re looking at wasting a year or two or three of Harrison’s rookie contract and athletic prime while you hope for a new QB.
that said, I don’t see Chicago or Washington passing on QB. Arizona might. The final draft order of teams ahead of the Pats makes a big difference in their strategy.