Thirty-one other rooms let Jake Slaughter slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at the Round 2 slot. Highway robbery. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.