Javon Baker was selected by the New England Patriots in the fourth round (110th overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft. To provide a thorough analysis of this pick, CLNS Media's Taylor Kyles and Mike Kadlick will feature on CLNS Media's Draft Central. They plan to assess and grade Baker's selection, examining how his skills and potential fit within the Patriots' system and how he might contribute to the team's future success.
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00:00 the first. I'm at. What's going on welcome back into Patriots draft central here on Patriots
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00:40 Patriots so far have made two picks one in offensive guard at number 103 and the second
00:45 one a good one UCF wide receiver Javon Baker with pick 110 the 61200 8 pound pass catcher
00:54 the former night down in Orlando coming to Foxborough being added the second wide receiver
00:59 they've taken so far in this draft class behind Jalen Polk on Friday night so instant reaction
01:05 Taylor when you see the Baker stuff happen you were obviously excited if you haven't
01:09 watched our live shows already but what do you make of the Patriots bringing this guy
01:13 in as a as a weapon to grow with Drake May yeah so when Jalen Polk was taken I was like
01:18 all right he probably projects to be your ex but I do like him better as a Z but he's
01:22 got that outside inside versatility now with Javon Baker another guy who does have inside
01:27 outside versatility but at UCF he was their ex he was one of the most productive players
01:33 in college last season when lined up as the isolated receiver we know Elliot Wolfe told
01:37 us before the draft we don't really have that guy who can line up on the backside of a three
01:42 by one and consistently exploit one-on-one coverage that's Javon Baker now the reason
01:47 he slipped I would have I was hoping that he would go with their first third round pick
01:50 I wouldn't have really been or I'm sorry in the third round initially and then I hope
01:54 he went in their first fourth round pick but it's even better value now there are legitimate
01:59 inconsistencies in his game where he has some really frustrating drops at times whether
02:04 it's focused or not finishing through contract contact he's inconsistent against press sometimes
02:09 to get bodied out and kind of taken out of the play at times is route running sometimes
02:14 will oversell routes but a lot of those things are technical like the hands a lot of the
02:18 time it's because rather than like flashing the triangle like you hear all the time who
02:22 kind of put his hands together which doesn't hurt which hurts and sometimes to let balls
02:25 get into his body so that's where a lot of that comes from but that's why you bring in
02:29 Taekwon Underwood to kind of shore those things up and help with the consistency but if he
02:33 reaches his ceiling this is a guy I think who has legit wide receiver one upside we
02:37 heard from him like the Patriots wide receiver core has a lot of really good guys they have
02:42 like Kendrick Bourne who has great energy Jalen Polk who was a leader at Washington
02:47 Javon Baker's a dog like he was saying some crazy stuff during the press conference and
02:52 it's that edge I think that the receiving core was lacking I think he has that mentality
02:56 to really be just a monster he makes some crazy catches he's got great body control
03:01 good catch radius and he'll make I mentioned it in our other shows he makes some crazy
03:05 like one-handed grabs where he'll just like spike a football that's outside of his frame
03:10 and he's a really good route runner he has a good release package he knows how to manipulate
03:15 defenders I mean you see it right there like he's got such great body control and his skill
03:20 set I mean off the fire I'm getting excited already but this is why I was excited I think
03:25 he can be a legit wide receiver one I think he pairs perfectly with Jalen Polk and now
03:30 DeMario Douglas can really be that true complimentary slot and they have a well-rounded young receiving
03:35 core I was thrilled about this man I love the attitude I love the physical profile he
03:39 just got to hone his skill set and kind of try to minimize some of the things that he's
03:44 not great at but if they can do that we're going to look back on this draft and say the
03:48 Patriots needed to knock some hits out of the park and really reestablish the culture
03:53 and the skill set in this offense especially we haven't seen a lot of success with drafted
03:57 wide receivers I really do feel like this draft class is going to be that that difference
04:02 yeah he does have that wide receiver one mentality where he like prove everyone wrong prove the
04:06 doubters wrong he before he even spoke with us he went on Instagram live and basically
04:10 said they took too long the league's gonna pay like you'll all be sorry that you didn't
04:16 take me this you know early enough and then of course the Patriots land him at 110 we
04:20 spoke with Polk who also talked about his mentality and was asked about his skill set
04:24 as a pass cutter so I'm gonna if we can pull that up
04:37 so I mean you see it right there confidence excitement get your popcorn ready bring the
04:41 popcorn to the stadium a guy who we talked about the character that they brought in and
04:46 like you know guys who can be leaders this is like this is a little bit of a different
04:51 guy than we've seen with Polk and you know Drake May so far but obviously a guy who you
04:56 know loves the game loves to compete and is excited to join a guy like Drake May who we
05:00 also mentioned during his time at Alabama before transferring to UCF already has worked
05:05 with Drake May in the past with in throwing session so they have a familiarity together
05:08 as well it kind of like for an X-Men comp for 30 fans there it kind of reminds me of
05:13 like Jalen Polk is Cyclops and then Javon Baker's Wolverine where Cyclops is like the
05:19 guy who's going to do everything you want to do he's hyper reliable and he is the leader
05:23 and I think that's what Jalen Polk's probably going to be in that group you know once some
05:26 of the older guys leave and they really take over and Javon Baker like we saw Wolverine
05:31 he's kind of he's way more edgy he's been the face of the franchise at points but really
05:36 he's at his best when he's kind of on the side piece and he can do really his role that's
05:40 what kind of Javon Baker reminds me of he's not the leader maybe but he is that guy where
05:45 you look at him and you're like I like what he brings to the table just brings that real
05:49 physical and kind of nastiness I love this pair those those two guys they're different
05:54 kind of personalities and skill sets but they're very complimentary.
05:57 Three new offensive weapons for the Patriots heading into 2024 in Drake May Jalen Polk
06:02 and Javon Baker the latest of course being Baker so Taylor we've done it for the first
06:06 couple picks we do it with Baker now grade it what do you make Professor Kyle's if you
06:13 had to grade this way too early grade for the Patriots pick at one or 110 rather what
06:17 do you what do you say?
06:19 I would give this one an A I think it was great value I think it was at a position of
06:22 need and it gives the offensive skill set that they really needed again there were flaws
06:27 but that's why you got him in the fourth round and considering what he can be he's got legitimate
06:32 quality steel potential so that's probably the easiest grade I've given out since Drake
06:36 May yeah I think so too I think it's an A and it's an A where they took him too because
06:41 you know we talked that he could have easily been a round three guy and being nabbed on
06:46 Friday night when we were on our live show we were talking about the Patriots going up
06:49 to you know going up in a trade and going to get this guy at the back end of the second
06:54 round or the third round I'm sorry he falls the Patriots do make a pick before in you
07:00 know in their offensive guard with the 103rd pick but they wait there at 110 Baker falls
07:04 to them and the Patriots have their hopeful wide receiver one of the future so keep it
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