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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (NE)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (NE)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Tahj Brooks Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Tahj Brooks
RB Texas Tech
Bilhal Kone Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Bilhal Kone
CB Western Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (HOU)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (HOU)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Christian Kirk
WR
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesB FutureA+
Grand theft in the 220th overall pick: the Patriots steal Brooks and grade out a B+.

You build a draft on nights like this. Tahj Brooks had no business being available in No. 220, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. The Christian Kirk pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In pick No. 25 they get a go-to option on the outside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick38 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker at No. 38 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
Pick58 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
They let Aireontae Ersery come to them and pounced at slot 58. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick69 Rnd3 Cameron Williams
Cameron Williams in Round 3, Pick 5 is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick77 Rnd3 Isaiah Bond
Isaiah Bond at the Round 3 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick106 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
A tidy little value on Tez Johnson in the 106th overall pick, a step better than break-even. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick144 Rnd5 Hollin Pierce
A clean, defensible pick in the 144th pick with a little surplus value in Hollin Pierce. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick217 Rnd7 Donovan Edwards
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Donovan Edwards at pick 217 is the proof. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick220 Rnd7 Tahj Brooks
Tahj Brooks in the 220th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick238 Rnd7 Bilhal Kone
A reasonable price with a little left over, Bilhal Kone in slot 238. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.