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  • pj_doucette DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (NE)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (NE)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (NE)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Jamari Thrash Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Jamari Thrash
WR Louisville
Nathan Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Nathan Thomas
OT Louisiana
Bub Means Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Bub Means
WR Pittsburgh
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (NYG)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 115 RND: 4 (CIN)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Draft Picks Traded
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NYG)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (GB)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CIN)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Players Gained
Head Shot
Chase Brown
RB
Head Shot
Jake Browning
QB
Head Shot
Jackson Carman
OT
Head Shot
Jayden Reed
WR
Head Shot
Andrew Thomas
OT
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Patriots bet the future on Maye. The board says B+.

Start where it matters. The Patriots took Drake Maye to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one.

The Thrash pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Every board in the league had Thomas lower, and that gap is the story.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In slot 6 they get a passer to set the clock by at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick34 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
They read the board right and Kool-Aid McKinstry was the payoff at pick No. 34. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick88 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
By-the-book stuff, Dominick Puni at No. 88 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick91 Rnd3 Maason Smith
This one needs a full-page explanation: Maason Smith in pick 91, miles early. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick115 Rnd4 Blake Fisher
Blake Fisher in Round 4, Pick 15 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick137 Rnd5 Jarrian Jones
Jarrian Jones at the 137th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick180 Rnd6 Jamari Thrash
You do not let a wide receiver like Jamari Thrash reach the 180th overall pick and blink. They did not. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick193 Rnd6 Nathan Thomas
A real head-scratcher, Nathan Thomas in the Round 6 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick231 Rnd7 Bub Means
Bub Means in pick 231 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.