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    Patriots
Draft Selections
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NE)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (NE)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NE)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NE)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (NE)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (NE)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (NE)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Trey Knox Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (NE)
Trey Knox
TE South Carolina
Jeremy Flax Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (NE)
Jeremy Flax
OT Kentucky
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (NE)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (DET)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (GB)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (SF)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (MIN)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (GB)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (GB)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (MIN)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (GB)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (DET)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (DET)
Austin Booker
DL-EDGE Kansas
Andru Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (DET)
Andru Phillips
CB Kentucky
Players Gained
Head Shot
AJ Dillon
RB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Mac Jones
QB
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesD FutureA+
The Patriots cashed the board's mistake on Mitchell: B-.

The board owed the Patriots one, and it paid up: Adonai Mitchell, the No. 31 name on the board, sitting there at the 73rd pick like a gift left on the doorstep.

They will need Limmer to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. It is not that Stover is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first.

They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Joe Alt
Nice patience on Joe Alt, who had no business lasting to pick 11. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick41 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette at Round 2, Pick 9 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick42 Rnd2 Patrick Paul
A straight-up fair deal on Patrick Paul at the 42nd pick, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick73 Rnd3 Adonai Mitchell
Adonai Mitchell at the Round 3 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick91 Rnd3 Khyree Jackson
A reach on Khyree Jackson in No. 91; the board had better options right there. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick98 Rnd3 Cade Stover
They bypassed pressing needs at edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots to take Cade Stover, a TE-EDGE that was not the priority.
Pick103 Rnd4 Beaux Limmer
Beaux Limmer at slot 103 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It fills a real need, too.
Pick129 Rnd4 Dylan Laube
They paid up for Dylan Laube at the 129th overall pick when waiting would have done the job. The roster fit checks out.
Pick224 Rnd7 Trey Knox
Trey Knox in Round 7, Pick 4 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick232 Rnd7 Jeremy Flax
No drama and no debate, Jeremy Flax went about where he belonged in slot 232. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick246 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
A tidy little value on Matthew Jones in the 246th pick, a step better than break-even. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.