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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NE)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NE)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (NE)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (NE)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (NE)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (NE)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots let Higgins fall into their laps, and walked away with a B-.

The board owed the Patriots one, and it paid up: Jay Higgins, the No. 126 name on the board, sitting there at No. 236 like a gift left on the doorstep. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

Griffith has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In Round 1, Pick 3 they get a cornerstone up front, even if it was a touch early.
Pick40 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
Good price on Tate Ratledge in No. 40, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick71 Rnd3 Harold Fannin Jr.
Harold Fannin Jr. in the Round 3 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick78 Rnd3 Darien Porter
By-the-book stuff, Darien Porter at the 78th pick squarely in line with his ranking. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick107 Rnd4 Jayden Higgins
Value said wait; Jayden Higgins in pick No. 107 says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick142 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
They robbed the room for Kevin Winston Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick219 Rnd7 Chris Paul Jr.
Circle this one: Chris Paul Jr. at slot 219 is a fall that decides a draft. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick222 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
Thor Griffith at the 222nd overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick236 Rnd7 Jay Higgins
A linebacker of that caliber at Round 7, Pick 22 is the definition of value, full stop. Stacking talent where they were already deep.