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Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (NE)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Anthony Hill Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (NE)
Anthony Hill Jr.
LB Texas
Skyler Bell Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (NE)
Skyler Bell
WR UConn
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (NE)
Jalon Kilgore
S South Carolina
Tacario Davis Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NE)
Tacario Davis
CB Washington
Max Iheanachor Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (NE)
Max Iheanachor
OT Arizona State
Josh Cuevas Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (NE)
Josh Cuevas
TE Alabama
Nolan Rucci Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (NE)
Nolan Rucci
OT Penn State
J. Michael Sturdivant Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (NE)
J. Michael Sturdivant
WR Florida
Keyron Crawford Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (NE)
Keyron Crawford
DE Auburn
Jordan Hall Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (NE)
Jordan Hall
DL Georgia
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots let Hill Jr. fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Anthony Hill Jr., pick 63, roughly 32 picks past where he belonged. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

It is not that Hill Jr. is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

They will need Crawford to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In the 31st overall pick they get a three-down second-level presence, and a steal at that. Need was not the driver here.
Pick63 Rnd2 Anthony Hill Jr.
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went linebacker with Anthony Hill Jr. while clear needs at quarterback and running back sat open.
Pick95 Rnd3 Skyler Bell
Skyler Bell slipping to the 95th pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick125 Rnd4 Jalon Kilgore
Value with a capital V on Jalon Kilgore in pick No. 125, a genuine coup. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick131 Rnd4 Tacario Davis
Tacario Davis in the Round 4 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick169 Rnd5 Max Iheanachor
Max Iheanachor in pick 169 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick189 Rnd6 Josh Cuevas
Josh Cuevas at Round 6, Pick 10 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick200 Rnd6 Nolan Rucci
A straight-up fair deal on Nolan Rucci at slot 200, value and slot in agreement. It fills a real need, too.
Pick207 Rnd6 J. Michael Sturdivant
They jumped the gun on J. Michael Sturdivant, taking him earlier than his grade liked. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick210 Rnd6 Keyron Crawford
They left a pile of value on the table to take Keyron Crawford this early at Round 6, Pick 31. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick247 Rnd7 Jordan Hall
No drama and no debate, Jordan Hall went about where he belonged in pick 247. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.