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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (NE)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (NE)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (NE)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Tahj Washington Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Tahj Washington
WR USC
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (ARI)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (ARI)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ARI)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesA FutureB-
A passer of the future in Daniels, and a B, for the Patriots.

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Jayden Daniels is the Patriots' quarterback, full stop. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

Washington at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. Nugent has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

Spending an early pick on cornerback with edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
By-the-book stuff, Jayden Daniels at the Round 1 slot squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick27 Rnd1 Adonai Mitchell
In pick 27 they get a true top target at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick34 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Kool-Aid McKinstry at the 34th pick. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick68 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
A tidy little value on Kingsley Suamataia in Round 3, Pick 4, a step better than break-even. It fills a real need, too.
Pick90 Rnd3 Cade Stover
They read the board right and Cade Stover was the payoff at pick No. 90. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick103 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Khyree Jackson adds a cornerback and leaves edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots untouched.
Pick137 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
A premium they did not need to pay, Luke McCaffrey a notch or two before his time. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick180 Rnd6 Cody Schrader
Cody Schrader at the 180th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick186 Rnd6 Drake Nugent
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Drake Nugent well ahead of where he belonged. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick193 Rnd6 Curtis Jacobs
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Curtis Jacobs. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick231 Rnd7 Tahj Washington
The board fumbled Tahj Washington all the way to No. 231, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.