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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NE)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Jimmy Horn Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Jimmy Horn Jr.
WR Colorado
Will Sheppard Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Will Sheppard
WR Colorado
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall C+
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots let Sanders fall into their laps, and walked away with a C+.

Thirty-one other rooms let Raheim Sanders slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at the 217th overall pick. Highway robbery. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.

Reaching for Horn Jr. left real value on the table behind him. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Call it incomplete, and check back in a couple of seasons.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In the 4th overall pick they get a long-term starter on the line, reach and all.
Pick38 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren in pick 38 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick69 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
A wild overpay on Ozzy Trapilo in pick No. 69, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick77 Rnd3 Smael Mondon Jr.
Smael Mondon Jr. at the Round 3 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick104 Rnd4 Hayden Conner
Hayden Conner in the 104th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick143 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
They barely believed it either: Kevin Winston Jr. still on the board at Round 5, Pick 6. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick217 Rnd7 Raheim Sanders
The board fumbled Raheim Sanders all the way to No. 217, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick220 Rnd7 Jimmy Horn Jr.
Jimmy Horn Jr. at slot 220 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick238 Rnd7 Will Sheppard
Will Sheppard in Round 7, Pick 22 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.