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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Omarr Norman-Lott Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Omarr Norman-Lott
DT Tennessee
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NE)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (NE)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Isaac TeSlaa Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (NE)
Isaac TeSlaa
WR Arkansas
Andrew Armstrong Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (NE)
Andrew Armstrong
WR Arkansas
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Patriots and Gadsden II: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Oronde Gadsden II, No. 219, roughly 39 picks past where he belonged.

If Armstrong pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The skill positions did well by the weekend.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the Round 1 slot they get a centerpiece for the ground game. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick38 Rnd2 Tyleik Williams
By-the-book stuff, Tyleik Williams at the 38th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins at slot 69 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick77 Rnd3 Omarr Norman-Lott
A clean, defensible pick in No. 77 with a little surplus value in Omarr Norman-Lott. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick105 Rnd4 Ozzy Trapilo
Ozzy Trapilo at pick No. 105 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick145 Rnd5 Emery Jones Jr.
Steal is underselling it; Emery Jones Jr. at the 145th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick219 Rnd7 Oronde Gadsden II
They robbed the room for Oronde Gadsden II here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick222 Rnd7 Isaac TeSlaa
No edge and no loss on Isaac TeSlaa in pick 222; it is a wash and a sensible one. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick240 Rnd7 Andrew Armstrong
Andrew Armstrong at Round 7, Pick 22 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.