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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (NE)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (NE)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Kamari Ramsey Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (NE)
Kamari Ramsey
S USC
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (NE)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (NE)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Rod Moore Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Rod Moore
S Michigan
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Cody Lindenberg Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Cody Lindenberg
LB Minnesota
Draft Picks Received
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (HOU)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (HOU)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (DEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (HOU)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (DEN)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Players Gained
Head Shot
Alex Palczewski
OT
Head Shot
Derek Stingley Jr.
CB
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureA+
The Patriots let Skattebo fall into their laps, and walked away with a A.

When a board-topper like Cam Skattebo slides to pick 220, you do not overthink it, and the Patriots did not.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

The Patriots clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before. The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

In short, they turned a good board into a better roster, and it shows.

Pick Analysis
Pick19 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In the 19th pick they get a No. 1 receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick53 Rnd2 Xavier Restrepo
Good price on Xavier Restrepo in the Round 2 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick67 Rnd3 Kamari Ramsey
Circle this one: Kamari Ramsey at Round 3, Pick 3 is a fall that decides a draft. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick79 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
You do not let an offensive lineman like Dylan Fairchild reach slot 79 and blink. They did not. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick103 Rnd4 Deone Walker
They will replay Deone Walker at pick No. 103 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick138 Rnd5 TreVeyon Henderson
They robbed the room for TreVeyon Henderson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick219 Rnd7 Rod Moore
They barely believed it either: Rod Moore still on the board at No. 219. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick220 Rnd7 Cam Skattebo
Cam Skattebo in pick 220 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick238 Rnd7 Cody Lindenberg
Cody Lindenberg at the 238th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.