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    Patriots
Draft Selections
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Matt Goncalves Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Matt Goncalves
OT Pittsburgh
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in the 137th pick lands the Patriots a B, Sweat and all.

The board owed the Patriots one, and it paid up: T'Vondre Sweat, the No. 45 name on the board, sitting there at the 137th overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped running back, which is a strange place to end up. The cost of the Goncalves reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In slot 3 they get a true top target. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Bo Nix
Fair-plus on Bo Nix, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick68 Rnd3 Patrick Paul
They paid sticker price for Patrick Paul in pick 68, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.
Pick103 Rnd4 Matt Goncalves
They jumped the gun on Matt Goncalves, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick137 Rnd5 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat at pick No. 137 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick180 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
They read the board right and Jared Wiley was the payoff at No. 180. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick193 Rnd6 Khristian Boyd
The board had Khristian Boyd higher than the Round 6 slot, and the edge rusher fell to them anyway. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick231 Rnd7 Kitan Oladapo
Kitan Oladapo in Round 7, Pick 11 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.