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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Nelson Ceaser Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Nelson Ceaser
DL-EDGE Houston
Decamerion Richardson Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Decamerion Richardson
CB Mississippi State
Jalen Coker Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Jalen Coker
WR Holy Cross
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots drew a line under the quarterback search with Maye: B-.

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Patriots committed. Drake Maye is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

Landing Taylor-Demerson that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. Legette has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the Round 1 slot they get a long-term answer under center. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
They reached a country mile for Xavier Legette at Round 2, Pick 2, and the board is aghast. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick68 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
No drama and no debate, Kingsley Suamataia went about where he belonged in the 68th overall pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick103 Rnd4 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson in the 103rd pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick137 Rnd5 Jared Wiley
They paid sticker price for Jared Wiley in slot 137, and that is fine. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick180 Rnd6 Nelson Ceaser
No edge and no loss on Nelson Ceaser in No. 180; it is a wash and a sensible one. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick193 Rnd6 Decamerion Richardson
Decamerion Richardson at pick 193 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick231 Rnd7 Jalen Coker
Jalen Coker at pick No. 231 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.