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pj_doucette'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 1, 2026

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  • pj_doucette DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Makai Lemon Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (NE)
Makai Lemon
WR USC
Max Iheanachor Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (NE)
Max Iheanachor
OT Arizona State
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (NE)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Mason Reiger Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (NE)
Mason Reiger
LB-EDGE Wisconsin
Elijah Sarratt Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NE)
Elijah Sarratt
WR Indiana
Bud Clark Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NE)
Bud Clark
S TCU
Oscar Delp Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (NE)
Oscar Delp
TE Georgia
Aamil Wagner Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (NE)
Aamil Wagner
OT Notre Dame
Cole Payton Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (NE)
Cole Payton
QB North Dakota State
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (NE)
Patrick Payton
DL-EDGE LSU
Cyrus Allen Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (NE)
Cyrus Allen
WR Cincinnati
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots let Allen fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Cyrus Allen had no business being available in the Round 7 slot, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

Every board in the league had Payton lower, and that gap is the story. The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Makai Lemon
They will replay Makai Lemon at No. 31 for years; that is how good the value is. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick63 Rnd2 Max Iheanachor
Value with a capital V on Max Iheanachor in pick 63, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick95 Rnd3 Eli Stowers
The board fumbled Eli Stowers all the way to the Round 3 slot, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick125 Rnd4 Mason Reiger
Mason Reiger at slot 125 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick131 Rnd4 Elijah Sarratt
Elijah Sarratt at pick No. 131 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick171 Rnd5 Bud Clark
Bud Clark at the 171st overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick191 Rnd6 Oscar Delp
You do not let a tight end like Oscar Delp reach Round 6, Pick 10 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick198 Rnd6 Aamil Wagner
They barely believed it either: Aamil Wagner still on the board at the 198th pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick202 Rnd6 Cole Payton
Cole Payton in the 202nd overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The roster fit checks out.
Pick212 Rnd6 Patrick Payton
Patrick Payton at the Round 6 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick247 Rnd7 Cyrus Allen
Cyrus Allen in pick 247 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.