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  • Phaktz DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (NE)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (NE)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Omarr Norman-Lott Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NE)
Omarr Norman-Lott
DT Tennessee
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NE)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Bryson Nesbit Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Bryson Nesbit
TE North Carolina
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (NE)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Draft Picks Received
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (JAX)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (JAX)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureD
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Patriots and Smith: B.

Call it larceny. Brashard Smith sat on the board until pick No. 241, and the Patriots did not need to be asked twice.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

The Nesbit reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
A straight-up fair deal on Abdul Carter at the 4th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick36 Rnd2 Tetairoa McMillan
Circle this one: Tetairoa McMillan at Round 2, Pick 4 is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick38 Rnd2 Will Johnson
You do not let a cornerback like Will Johnson reach slot 38 and blink. They did not. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick69 Rnd3 Will Campbell
Will Campbell at pick 69 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick77 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
They robbed the room for Jihaad Campbell here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick92 Rnd3 Nicholas Singleton
By-the-book stuff, Nicholas Singleton at the Round 3 slot squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick105 Rnd4 Omarr Norman-Lott
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at No. 105 is the definition of value, full stop. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick143 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
They barely believed it either: Kevin Winston Jr. still on the board at pick No. 143. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick217 Rnd7 Bryson Nesbit
They left a pile of value on the table to take Bryson Nesbit this early at No. 217. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick220 Rnd7 Jeffrey Bassa
Taking Jeffrey Bassa in the 220th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
Pick241 Rnd7 Brashard Smith
Brashard Smith at pick 241 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.