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Draft Selections
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (NE)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (NE)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (NE)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (NE)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (NE)
Jalyx Hunt
S-EDGE Houston Christian
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (NE)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (NE)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Jawhar Jordan Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (NE)
Jawhar Jordan
RB Louisville
Daequan Hardy Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (NE)
Daequan Hardy
CB Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (GB)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (ATL)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Jalyx Hunt Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (GB)
Jalyx Hunt
S-EDGE Houston Christian
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (ATL)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ATL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ATL)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Players Gained
Head Shot
Drew Dalman
C
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB- TradesA+ FutureA+
A franchise passer in Nix headlines a A- weekend for the Patriots.

Start where it matters. The Patriots took Bo Nix to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one. This is how you run a draft, and the A- reflects it.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. The Hunt pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Burton. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Bo Nix
In the 25th overall pick they get the face of the franchise. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Jordan Morgan
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jordan Morgan in No. 34. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick41 Rnd2 Troy Fautanu
The board had Troy Fautanu higher than slot 41, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. It fills a real need, too.
Pick43 Rnd2 Quinyon Mitchell
Quinyon Mitchell slipping to Round 2, Pick 11 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick68 Rnd3 Jermaine Burton
The board fumbled Jermaine Burton all the way to the 68th pick, and they scooped it up. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick88 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
They robbed the room for Brenden Rice here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick103 Rnd4 Jacob Cowing
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jacob Cowing in pick No. 103. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick125 Rnd4 Jalyx Hunt
Of all the spots to shop, they chose S-EDGE. Jalyx Hunt in the Round 4 slot leaves edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots for later.
Pick139 Rnd5 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott at Round 5, Pick 3 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick145 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden at the 145th overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick182 Rnd6 Isaiah Davis
No drama and no debate, Isaiah Davis went about where he belonged in the 182nd pick. The roster fit checks out.
Pick224 Rnd7 Jawhar Jordan
They read the board right and Jawhar Jordan was the payoff at pick 224. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick232 Rnd7 Daequan Hardy
A clean, defensible pick in slot 232 with a little surplus value in Daequan Hardy. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.