Editor’s Note: In the lead-up to the 2025 NFL Draft, Phil Perry is identifying the best fits for the Patriots at each position based on the traits that Mike Vrabel and Eliot Wolf value as well as intel from coaches and scouts.
We’ve already hit on offensive tackles, interior linemen, tight ends, running backs. Next up: quarterbacks.
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After trading Joe Milton away to the Cowboys, the Patriots appear to have their top two slots at the quarterback position settled: Drake Maye is the starter, Josh Dobbs is the backup.
But is there not room for a third? A developmental option for offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels and new quarterbacks coach Ashton Grant?
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Mike Vrabel was head coach of the Titans when the team made two separate Day 2 investments at QB, looking for strong-armed athletes at the position when they took Will Levis in the second round (2023) and Malik Willis in the third (2022).
Eliot Wolf’s selection of Drake Maye a season ago would indicate he values similar physical tools at quarterback. Same goes for others from the Ron Wolf executive tree.
There are only nine QBs taken by Ron Wolf-tree execs with first or second-round picks, including Maye. That list also includes Brett Favre, for whom the Wolf-run Packers traded a first-round pick in 1992. Brian Brohm, Aaron Rodgers, Jordan Love, Baker Mayfield, Patrick Mahomes, Derek Carr and Alex Smith are the other early-round picks at the most important position in the sport for Wolf proteges.
It’s a small sample, but from those selections we can come up with a composite of what the Wolf-inspired