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Draft Selections
Amarius Mims Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (NE)
Amarius Mims
OT Georgia
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (NE)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (NE)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (NE)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Tyler Davis Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (NE)
Tyler Davis
DT Clemson
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (NE)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (NE)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (NE)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
McCallan Castles Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
McCallan Castles
TE Tennessee
Jalen Berger Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (NE)
Jalen Berger
RB Michigan State
Draft Picks Received
Amarius Mims Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (PIT)
Amarius Mims
OT Georgia
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (LAR)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (SF)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Tyler Davis Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (SF)
Tyler Davis
DT Clemson
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (PIT)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (NYG)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (DEN)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Draft Picks Traded
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (PIT)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (CLE)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LAR)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Michael Pratt Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NO)
Michael Pratt
QB Tulane
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Players Gained
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Jack Conklin
OT
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Amari Cooper
WR
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Thomas Graham Jr.
CB
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Najee Harris
RB
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James Hurst
OT
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Doug Kramer
C
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Tyler Lockett
WR
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Tanner McCalister
S
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Joey Porter Jr.
CB
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Chapelle Russell
LB
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Pierre Strong Jr.
RB
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Mitch Trubisky
QB
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Jameis Winston
QB
Players traded away
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DeVante Parker
WR
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J.C. Jackson
CB
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JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
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Kyle Dugger
S
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Mac Jones
QB
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Tyquan Thornton
WR
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Patriots won the night they stopped Nix from sliding. Grade: B+.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Patriots came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B+.

Nix falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Amarius Mims
In Round 1, Pick 20 they get a building block for the line. A real need, handled.
Pick51 Rnd2 Bo Nix
They robbed the room for Bo Nix here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick52 Rnd2 Ja'Lynn Polk
Ja'Lynn Polk in pick 52 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick94 Rnd3 Junior Colson
They barely believed it either: Junior Colson still on the board at No. 94. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick98 Rnd3 Tyler Davis
They did well to land Tyler Davis in the Round 3 slot, just ahead of his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick121 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
You do not let an offensive lineman like Zak Zinter reach slot 121 and blink. They did not. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick140 Rnd5 Cedric Gray
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 5 slot with a little surplus value in Cedric Gray. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick146 Rnd5 Johnny Dixon
Taking Johnny Dixon in the 146th pick is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick182 Rnd6 McCallan Castles
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, McCallan Castles in Round 6, Pick 7, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick229 Rnd7 Jalen Berger
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jalen Berger in slot 229. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.