The NFL Draft isn’t won by the teams at the top of the pecking order. It’s won by the teams toward the bottom who pull prize-winning crops from what looks like a barren field.
The Patriots built a two-decade dynasty around a sixth-round pick. The two targets that helped push Patrick Mahomes to greatness were third and fifth rounders. The quarterback Mahomes faced off against in Super Bowl 57 slid to the back end of Round 2.
