After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Patriots committed. Jayden Daniels is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. Add it all up and it grades out a clean A.

Landing Kinchens that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. Leaving edge rusher unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

It is not that Smith is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first.

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