Given the number of glaring holes sprinkled across the Patriots’ depth chart, the case can be made that New England needs to target the best player available when they land on the clock with the No. 4 pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.
Though the team’s most pressing need might be a left tackle, the Patriots’ best chances of adding an immediate impact player at No. 4 likely lies in either Penn State pass rusher Abdul Carter or CB/WR Travis Hunter falling to them at that spot on the draft order.
Both Carter and Hunter sit atop this current NFL Draft class as can’t-miss, blue-chip prospects — and would each give the Patriots a legitimate star talent who could make an immediate impact in 2025.