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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (NE)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
Jha'Quan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (NE)
Jha'Quan Jackson
WR Tulane
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (NE)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A franchise passer in Maye headlines a B- weekend for the Patriots.

Start where it matters. The Patriots took Drake Maye to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one.

The cost of the Harrell reach is exactly the players who went right after him. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

Jackson falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In pick 3 they get a franchise quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Quinyon Mitchell
Quinyon Mitchell at No. 34 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick68 Rnd3 Malachi Corley
Malachi Corley at Round 3, Pick 4 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick103 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
No edge and no loss on Matt Goncalves in pick No. 103; it is a wash and a sensible one. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick139 Rnd5 Dallin Holker
Dallin Holker at the 139th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The roster fit checks out.
Pick182 Rnd6 Jaylen Harrell
Value said wait; Jaylen Harrell in the 182nd pick says they were not listening. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick224 Rnd7 Jha'Quan Jackson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jha'Quan Jackson at the Round 7 slot is the proof. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick232 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
A conviction pick on Matthew Jones at slot 232 that the board grades a round light. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.