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Draft Selections
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (NE)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Gabe Jacas Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NE)
Gabe Jacas
LB-EDGE Illinois
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
Jalen Rivers Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Jalen Rivers
OT Miami
Draft Picks Received
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (PHI)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (DAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (DAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Players Gained
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A.J. Brown
WR
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Trevon Diggs
CB
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A-
ValueC NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
The Patriots worked the phones like thieves and earned a A-.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Patriots took Gabe Jacas at pick 143, roughly 143 spots before his name belonged. The board rewarded a patient, disciplined weekend with a A-.

That Schwesinger pick is the receipt they will wave around later. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

Bottom line, with Aireontae Ersery leading the way, this is a class that should pay off fast and rarely be regretted.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Aireontae Ersery
In pick 30 they get a long-term starter on the line, a steep price for the projection.
Pick38 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
A safety of that caliber at slot 38 is the definition of value, full stop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
They barely believed it either: Jihaad Campbell still on the board at pick No. 69. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick77 Rnd3 Deone Walker
Good price on Deone Walker in the 77th overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick104 Rnd4 Emery Jones Jr.
Emery Jones Jr. at the 104th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick143 Rnd5 Gabe Jacas
They reached into another round for Gabe Jacas, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick217 Rnd7 Carson Schwesinger
Carson Schwesinger in pick No. 217 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick220 Rnd7 Nick Nash
A real head-scratcher, Nick Nash in Round 7, Pick 4 is miles ahead of his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jalen Rivers
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jalen Rivers this early at the Round 7 slot. The roster fit checks out.