Patriots Hall of Famer makes compelling case for drafting QB at No. 3 NBC Sports Boston [Video]

There’s been plenty of debate in recent months over whether the New England Patriots should keep the No. 3 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and take a quarterback or trade down, accumulate more picks and figure out the quarterback position later.

One Patriots Hall of Famer thinks the decision is crystal clear: Draft the quarterback.

“Quarterback. I’d go quarterback because this quarterback draft is so strong,” Vince Wilfork recently told Jordy McElroy of USA TODAY Sports. “You don’t know next year what it is. I’m going quarterback because I’m not going to get the receivers. I’m not going to get the top skilled position players coming to my team if I don’t have a quarterback. It’s hard to sell a program and an organization if they don’t have a quarterback.

“You can’t go out and land big receivers in free agency without a quarterback. It just doesn’t happen. I would go quarterback, absolutely. I would …