651681891'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NE)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (NE)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (NE)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (NE)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots won the night they stopped Sanders from sliding. Grade: B.

You could see the war room lean forward. T.J. Sanders at the 240th pick is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In the 4th overall pick they get an island corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick38 Rnd2 Grey Zabel
They did well to land Grey Zabel in No. 38, just ahead of his grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
By-the-book stuff, Jayden Higgins at the Round 3 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick77 Rnd3 Wyatt Milum
The board fumbled Wyatt Milum all the way to pick 77, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick105 Rnd4 Nick Emmanwori
Somehow Nick Emmanwori was still sitting there in slot 105, and they pounced on premier safety value. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick145 Rnd5 Mason Taylor
Taking Mason Taylor in Round 5, Pick 6 is close to grand larceny; a tight end that good had no business lasting this long. It fills a real need, too.
Pick219 Rnd7 Tre Harris
They will replay Tre Harris at pick No. 219 for years; that is how good the value is. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick222 Rnd7 Xavier Restrepo
They robbed the room for Xavier Restrepo here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick240 Rnd7 T.J. Sanders
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at the Round 7 slot is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.