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  • pj_doucette DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (NE)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (NE)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Spencer Rattler Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
Spencer Rattler
QB South Carolina
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (NE)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (NE)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (NE)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Gabe Hall Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Gabe Hall
DL Baylor
Zakhari Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (NE)
Zakhari Franklin
WR Mississippi
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (ARI)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
D.J. James Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DEN)
D.J. James
CB Auburn
Spencer Rattler Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Spencer Rattler
QB South Carolina
Sataoa Laumea Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (DEN)
Sataoa Laumea
OT Utah
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (DEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ARI)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Josh Newton Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (DEN)
Josh Newton
CB TCU
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CIN)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Players Gained
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Nate Adkins
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Jordan Battle
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Jake Browning
QB
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Patriots answered their biggest question with Maye. Grade: B+.

The search is over. The Patriots handed the keys to Drake Maye, and the whole operation now runs on his development. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B+.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped safety, which is a strange place to end up. Every board in the league had Hall lower, and that gap is the story.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Drake Maye
They paid sticker price for Drake Maye in the 4th overall pick, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
Pick26 Rnd1 Xavier Legette
In the 26th pick they get a go-to option on the outside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick34 Rnd2 Jordan Morgan
Jordan Morgan at pick 34 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick76 Rnd3 D.J. James
D.J. James at Round 3, Pick 12 is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick104 Rnd4 Spencer Rattler
A tidy little value on Spencer Rattler in slot 104, a step better than break-even. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick113 Rnd4 Sataoa Laumea
Sataoa Laumea in No. 113 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick115 Rnd4 Justin Eboigbe
They went early on Justin Eboigbe in the Round 4 slot, and the value did not follow. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick139 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
They did well to land Kamal Hadden in pick No. 139, just ahead of his grade. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick182 Rnd6 Gabe Hall
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Gabe Hall well ahead of where he belonged. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick224 Rnd7 Zakhari Franklin
Zakhari Franklin at slot 224 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.