Prototypical Patriots quarterbacks in the 2019 draft class: Finley tops the list

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What does a prototypical Patriot quarterback look like? Ideally, like Tom Brady — though finding a future Hall of Famer in the NFL Draft is no easy feat... not by a long shot. 

Whereas at other positions where there are measurables to help us come up with a "prototype" -- things like heights, weights and 40-yard dash times -- what goes on upstairs is obviously tantamount to thriving at quarterback. Physical traits are important, but qualities like anticipation, reaction time, leadership skills, competitiveness, a love of football -- they're all vital, and they can be harder to quantify.

Yet, here we are, trying to come up with features of a prototypical Patriots quarterback. The easiest way for us to go about it -- for this exercise, at least -- is to take those unquantifiable aspects of a player's game and put them to the side. That's obviously where much of the work has been done this offseason by Patriots scouts and coaches looking at potential fits. But we'll stick with the measurements and a handful of important quarterbacking numbers -- figures that will help us come up with an idea of a passer's accuracy and decision-making, the two key factors to playing the position, per Bill Belichick -- to get as close as we can to the ideal Patriots passer.

What NBC Sports Boston's Phil Perry found, based on prior drafts, is that the Patriots have typically drafted quarterbacks who played in Power 5 conferences, stood 6-foot-3 or taller, spent four years in college, had a career TD-to-INT ratio of around 2.2-to-1, with a yards per attempt of 7.5 or better, and a completion percentage of at least 60 percent.

With those characteristics in mind, let's take a look at quarterbacks who look like the best fits in this year's draft class . . .

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