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RUN ON MAR 24, 2026

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  • pj_doucette DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Caleb Lomu Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (NE)
Caleb Lomu
OT Utah
R Mason Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (NE)
R Mason Thomas
DE-EDGE Oklahoma
Emmanuel Pregnon Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (NE)
Emmanuel Pregnon
OG Oregon
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (NE)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Bryce Lance Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NE)
Bryce Lance
WR North Dakota State
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NE)
Jalon Kilgore
CB South Carolina
Louis Moore Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (NE)
Louis Moore
S Indiana
Taylen Green Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (NE)
Taylen Green
QB Arkansas
Jeff Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (NE)
Jeff Caldwell
WR Cincinnati
Jeremiah Wright Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (NE)
Jeremiah Wright
OG Auburn
Jimmy Rolder Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (NE)
Jimmy Rolder
LB Michigan
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in the Round 4 slot: the Patriots steal Stowers and grade out a B.

The Patriots did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Eli Stowers fell into pick No. 125. The bottom line is a respectable B.

A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Caleb Lomu
In the 31st pick they get a building block for the line at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick63 Rnd2 R Mason Thomas
Steal is underselling it; R Mason Thomas at pick 63 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick95 Rnd3 Emmanuel Pregnon
Emmanuel Pregnon at slot 95 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick125 Rnd4 Eli Stowers
The board fumbled Eli Stowers all the way to the 125th overall pick, and they scooped it up. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick131 Rnd4 Bryce Lance
Value with a capital V on Bryce Lance in No. 131, a genuine coup. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick171 Rnd5 Jalon Kilgore
They robbed the room for Jalon Kilgore here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick191 Rnd6 Louis Moore
They barely believed it either: Louis Moore still on the board at Round 6, Pick 10. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick198 Rnd6 Taylen Green
A slide stopped in pick No. 198, with Taylen Green worth more than the price. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick202 Rnd6 Jeff Caldwell
Jeff Caldwell in the Round 6 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick212 Rnd6 Jeremiah Wright
They took Jeremiah Wright at par in pick No. 212, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick247 Rnd7 Jimmy Rolder
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jimmy Rolder in Round 7, Pick 31, plain and simple. A minor need, but a need all the same.