Thirty-one other rooms let Malachi Fields slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at slot 95. Highway robbery. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Reaching for World left real value on the table behind him.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.