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  • Bill DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Chase Lundt Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NE)
Chase Lundt
OT UConn
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Aubrey Burks Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Aubrey Burks
S West Virginia
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Thornton Jr. should have been long gone. The Patriots pounced, and earned a B-.

Thirty-one other rooms let Dont'e Thornton Jr. slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at the Round 7 slot. Highway robbery.

The Bassa pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In slot 4 they get a press-man option on the boundary at fair value. More want than need.
Pick38 Rnd2 Wyatt Milum
Nice patience on Wyatt Milum, who had no business lasting to the 38th pick. The roster fit checks out.
Pick69 Rnd3 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen in pick No. 69 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick77 Rnd3 Jeffrey Bassa
Jeffrey Bassa at the 77th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick104 Rnd4 Tate Ratledge
Somehow Tate Ratledge was still sitting there in the Round 4 slot, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. It fills a real need, too.
Pick143 Rnd5 Chase Lundt
They reached into another round for Chase Lundt, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick217 Rnd7 DJ Giddens
They barely believed it either: DJ Giddens still on the board at No. 217. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick220 Rnd7 Aubrey Burks
A real head-scratcher, Aubrey Burks in Round 7, Pick 4 is miles ahead of his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick238 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They robbed the room for Dont'e Thornton Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.