For all the boxes ticked, the Patriots skipped the loudest one: wide receiver is exactly as bare as it was. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

They are betting Stewart proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They went 1 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.