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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (NE)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (NE)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (NE)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (NE)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (NE)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots let Harris fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Tre Harris had no business being available in slot 219, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

For all the activity, safety went untouched, which is hard to explain. The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.

The skill positions did well by the weekend.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In pick 1 they get a weapon on the perimeter at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick36 Rnd2 Wyatt Milum
You do not let an offensive lineman like Wyatt Milum reach the 36th pick and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick67 Rnd3 Josaiah Stewart
Steal is underselling it; Josaiah Stewart at the 67th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick79 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
Value with a capital V on Alfred Collins in the Round 3 slot, a genuine coup. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick103 Rnd4 Armand Membou
Armand Membou in slot 103 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It fills a real need, too.
Pick138 Rnd5 Jake Majors
Circle this one: Jake Majors at Round 5, Pick 1 is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick219 Rnd7 Tre Harris
The board fumbled Tre Harris all the way to pick No. 219, and they scooped it up. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick220 Rnd7 Dylan Fairchild
A offensive lineman of that caliber at No. 220 is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick238 Rnd7 Trey Amos
They barely believed it either: Trey Amos still on the board at the 238th overall pick. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.