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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (NE)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NE)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (NE)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Phil Mafah Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Phil Mafah
RB Clemson
Upton Stout Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (NE)
Upton Stout
S Western Kentucky
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (NE)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Draft Picks Received
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (DAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (DAL)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Players Gained
Head Shot
Trevon Diggs
CB
Head Shot
Tytus Howard
OT
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
The Patriots robbed the room for Mafah. Final grade: A.

Thirty-one other rooms let Phil Mafah slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at the 219th overall pick. Highway robbery. Little to argue with here, and the A says so.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

In the end it comes back to Walter Nolen, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In the 25th pick they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick38 Rnd2 Colston Loveland
A slide stopped in slot 38, with Colston Loveland worth more than the price. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick69 Rnd3 Xavier Restrepo
A clean, defensible pick in No. 69 with a little surplus value in Xavier Restrepo. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick77 Rnd3 Maxwell Hairston
Maxwell Hairston at Round 3, Pick 13 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick105 Rnd4 Donovan Jackson
The board fumbled Donovan Jackson all the way to pick No. 105, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick145 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Kevin Winston Jr. at the Round 5 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick219 Rnd7 Phil Mafah
Phil Mafah at pick 219 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick222 Rnd7 Upton Stout
A safety of that caliber at the 222nd overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick240 Rnd7 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
Taking Jamon Dumas-Johnson in slot 240 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.