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Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (NE)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (NE)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (NE)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (NE)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (NE)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Isaiah Neyor Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Isaiah Neyor
WR Texas
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (NE)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (NE)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DET)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DET)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DET)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (DET)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (DET)
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Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (DET)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CIN)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jake Browning
QB
Head Shot
Andrei Iosivas
WR
Head Shot
Sam LaPorta
TE
Head Shot
D'Ante Smith
OT
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
The Patriots won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: A-.

If you want a masterclass in dealing, watch the Patriots, who turned every swap into a profit this weekend. Add it all up and it grades out a clean A-.

They are betting Neyor proves the room right and everyone else wrong. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

They will answer for taking TE-EDGE early while interior defensive lineman, running back and other spots went begging. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Smith.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Terrion Arnold
In the 30th overall pick they get a sticky cover corner, and a steal at that. Need was not the driver here.
Pick34 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
They took Chris Braswell at par in Round 2, Pick 2, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick62 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia slipping to the 62nd pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick68 Rnd3 Kiran Amegadjie
They read the board right and Kiran Amegadjie was the payoff at No. 68. The roster fit checks out.
Pick93 Rnd3 Cade Stover
They bypassed pressing needs at interior defensive lineman, running back and other spots to take Cade Stover, a TE-EDGE that was not the priority.
Pick115 Rnd4 Tykee Smith
A quiet steal in slot 115: Tykee Smith for less than the market said. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick139 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
Good price on Kamal Hadden in the Round 5 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick182 Rnd6 Isaiah Neyor
They talked themselves into Isaiah Neyor at pick No. 182, and the board did not agree. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick224 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
A tidy little value on Taulia Tagovailoa in pick 224, a step better than break-even. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick232 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
Matthew Jones in pick No. 232 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.