Thirty-one other rooms let Tykee Smith slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at the Round 6 slot. Highway robbery. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The Laube pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.