Baker Mayfield has caught the eye of the New England Patriots.

According to Manish Mehta of the New York Daily News, the Pats have an "affinity" for the Oklahoma quarterback and there are a few teams within the top 10 of the NFL Draft, including the New York Jets, that are aware of that fact. Thanks to the trade of Brandin Cooks to the Los Angeles Rams for the No. 23 overall pick, New England is armed now more than ever to make a move up the draft board to go after the reining Heisman Trophy winner, if they so choose.

Here's Mehta's full blurb on the Patriots' interest in Mayfield:

The Patriots' blockbuster trade with the Rams Tuesday night gave Bill Belichick more draft capital ammunition to try to trade up for Tom Brady's heir apparent. Could the Evil Empire rocket all the way up to No. 2 by making a deal with the Giants? A few teams in the Top 10, including the Jets, are fully aware of the Patriots' affinity for Mayfield.

Mayfield is arguably the most well rounded quarterback in this draft. His bravado may steer some teams away from him, but the reining Heisman winner is loaded with talent throwing for 4,627 yards on a 70.5 completion percentage to go along with 43 touchdowns and just six interceptions in 2017.

The 6-foot-1, 220 pounder also ran for 311 yards and five touchdowns as well. His size is a knock on him, but there are always exceptions to the height rule (a la, Russell Wilson and Drew Brees).

If the Patriots want to make a splash and bring Mayfield to Foxboro, he in all likelihood won't be on the board at No. 23, so they'll have to package a combination of their two first rounders and two second rounders to move up and get him. His range at the moment looks like it could anywhere within or just outside the top-10.

A move to jump up further in the draft to select a quarterback wasn't ruled out by ESPN's Adam Schefter while appearing on WEEI's Kirk and Callahan on Wednesday following the Cooks deal.

"It all depends on how the board falls out," he said. "Like, I am sure there are certain quarterbacks that they like and value. I don’t know who they are yet, but at some point there may be a quarterback that slips and if they feel like, ‘boy, this is a guy we really believe in,’ the way they once believed in Jimmy Garoppolo, I think they would move up to go get a quarterback. I think they would trade more picks to go get a quarterback, the right one at the right spot."

He continued: "Look, they have the ammunition now to do what they want. If you package together those four picks in the first two rounds, you could get basically anywhere you want to get."

Mayfield does seem to be a strong fit for New England and doesn't appear all too caught up in the magnitude of potentially taking over for Tom Brady. In fact, he spoke with the New York Post earlier this offseason and said that he'd love to pick the brain of Brady.

"I would love to see how he prepares during the week," he said. "I’d love to just kind of sit back and watch him first, and then sit down and ask him questions about why. Because I know he does everything with a purpose, so it’d be great to learn from the greatest of all time."