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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NE)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Josh Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (NE)
Josh Simmons
OT Ohio State
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NE)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Jared Ivey Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NE)
Jared Ivey
DE-EDGE Ole Miss
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (NE)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Cam Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (NE)
Cam Jackson
DT Florida
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (NE)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Chimere Dike Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (NE)
Chimere Dike
WR Florida
Draft Picks Received
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Josh Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (DEN)
Josh Simmons
OT Ohio State
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (IND)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (IND)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (IND)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (DEN)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Omarr Norman-Lott Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (DEN)
Omarr Norman-Lott
DT Tennessee
Players Gained
Head Shot
Josh Downs
WR
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A-
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureA
The Patriots robbed the room for Gadsden II. Final grade: A-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Oronde Gadsden II, the Round 7 slot, roughly 76 picks past where he belonged.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.

In the end it comes back to Luther Burden III, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In the Round 1 slot they get a matchup problem out wide. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick20 Rnd1 Josh Simmons
In slot 20 they get a blindside protector at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick45 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
Nick Emmanwori at Round 2, Pick 13 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick77 Rnd3 Zy Alexander
Zy Alexander in the 77th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick105 Rnd4 Jared Ivey
They barely believed it either: Jared Ivey still on the board at pick 105. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick145 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
Somehow Smael Mondon Jr. was still sitting there in pick No. 145, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick219 Rnd7 Oronde Gadsden II
Steal is underselling it; Oronde Gadsden II at No. 219 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick222 Rnd7 Cam Jackson
They paid up for Cam Jackson at the 222nd pick when waiting would have done the job. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick234 Rnd7 Raheim Sanders
Raheim Sanders at the 234th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick240 Rnd7 Chimere Dike
They robbed the room for Chimere Dike here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.