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  • Cdwoods87 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Cam Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Cam Jackson
DT Florida
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Cooper Mays Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Cooper Mays
C Tennessee
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

The tape said wait; the Patriots did not. Cooper Mays went at pick 238, a good 69 picks before the board was ready.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The Jackson steal is the beam this whole class leans on.

Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
In slot 4 they get a long-term starter on the line. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick38 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jihaad Campbell. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins slipping to pick 69 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick77 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
A slide stopped in No. 77, with Donovan Jackson worth more than the price. It fills a real need, too.
Pick106 Rnd4 Cam Skattebo
A straight-up fair deal on Cam Skattebo at the Round 4 slot, value and slot in agreement. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick144 Rnd5 Brashard Smith
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Brashard Smith in pick No. 144. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick217 Rnd7 Cam Jackson
They went early on Cam Jackson in pick No. 217, and the value did not follow. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick220 Rnd7 Jabbar Muhammad
A real head-scratcher, Jabbar Muhammad in pick 220 is miles ahead of his ranking. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick238 Rnd7 Cooper Mays
Cooper Mays at slot 238 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.