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  • pj_doucette DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Jordan James Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Jordan James
RB Oregon
Upton Stout Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Upton Stout
S Western Kentucky
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Dayon Hayes Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Dayon Hayes
DE-EDGE Colorado
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Patriots took Dayon Hayes a full 58 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The Stout steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In the 4th pick they get juice off the edge. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick38 Rnd2 T.J. Sanders
T.J. Sanders in slot 38 is fair value, right on his grade. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick69 Rnd3 Hollin Pierce
Hollin Pierce in the Round 3 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It fills a real need, too.
Pick77 Rnd3 Zy Alexander
Zy Alexander at Round 3, Pick 13 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick106 Rnd4 Savion Williams
The board had Savion Williams higher than pick 106, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick144 Rnd5 Jordan James
They will replay Jordan James at pick No. 144 for years; that is how good the value is. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick217 Rnd7 Upton Stout
Taking Upton Stout in the 217th pick is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick220 Rnd7 Clay Webb
Clay Webb at slot 220 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick238 Rnd7 Dayon Hayes
They left a pile of value on the table to take Dayon Hayes this early at the 238th overall pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.