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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (NE)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NE)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (NE)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (NE)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (NE)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (NE)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Oscar Delp Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (NE)
Oscar Delp
TE Georgia
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots cashed the board's mistake on Fairchild: B.

The Patriots did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Dylan Fairchild fell into slot 222.

If Delp pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. It is not that Barron is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In No. 3 they get a sticky cover corner at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick40 Rnd2 Wyatt Milum
Wyatt Milum at Round 2, Pick 8 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The roster fit checks out.
Pick71 Rnd3 Nick Emmanwori
You do not let a safety like Nick Emmanwori reach the 71st pick and blink. They did not. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick78 Rnd3 Ashton Jeanty
They robbed the room for Ashton Jeanty here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick107 Rnd4 Jahdae Barron
Of all the spots to shop, they chose cornerback. Jahdae Barron in the Round 4 slot leaves edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots for later.
Pick142 Rnd5 Xavier Restrepo
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Xavier Restrepo in pick No. 142, plain and simple. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick219 Rnd7 Logan Brown
Steal is underselling it; Logan Brown at slot 219 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick222 Rnd7 Dylan Fairchild
Somehow Dylan Fairchild was still sitting there in pick 222, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick236 Rnd7 Oscar Delp
They talked themselves into Oscar Delp at the 236th pick, and the board did not agree. It fills a real need, too.