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Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (NE)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (NE)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (NE)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (NE)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Jermari Harris Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (NE)
Jermari Harris
CB Iowa
Evan Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Evan Stewart
WR Oregon
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (NE)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (NE)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (NE)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Jonah Monheim Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Jonah Monheim
C USC
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Draft Picks Received
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Jermari Harris Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (NYJ)
Jermari Harris
CB Iowa
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (NYJ)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (NYJ)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NYJ)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYJ)
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Draft Picks Traded
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (NYJ)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall C+
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB+
The Patriots let Smith fall into their laps, and walked away with a C+.

Call it larceny. Brashard Smith sat on the board until Round 7, Pick 22, and the Patriots did not need to be asked twice. The good and the questionable cancel out to a C+.

The Jackson reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.

If Tetairoa McMillan and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In No. 7 they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick36 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
By-the-book stuff, Tyler Booker at slot 36 squarely in line with his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
Pick38 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at Round 2, Pick 6 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick67 Rnd3 Tyleik Williams
Tyleik Williams in the 67th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick79 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
Alfred Collins at pick No. 79 is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick95 Rnd3 Jermari Harris
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 3 slot with a little surplus value in Jermari Harris. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick103 Rnd4 Evan Stewart
Evan Stewart in the 103rd pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick110 Rnd4 Deontae Lawson
Deontae Lawson at pick 110 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick138 Rnd5 Maxwell Hairston
Taking Maxwell Hairston in slot 138 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick160 Rnd5 Mason Taylor
Circle this one: Mason Taylor at the Round 5 slot is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick182 Rnd6 Nicholas Singleton
Nicholas Singleton at the 182nd overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
Pick219 Rnd7 Jonah Monheim
Fair-plus on Jonah Monheim, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick220 Rnd7 Chris Paul Jr.
They robbed the room for Chris Paul Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick238 Rnd7 Brashard Smith
You do not let a running back like Brashard Smith reach Round 7, Pick 22 and blink. They did not. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.