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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Ashton Gillotte
DE-EDGE Louisville
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Damien Martinez Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NE)
Damien Martinez
RB Miami
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson...
OT Florida
Cam Horsley Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Cam Horsley
DT Boston College
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Patriots: B-.

The Patriots went off the board in a big way for Dont'e Thornton Jr., 41 picks early. Conviction is one thing; this is another. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

However the rest shakes out, Williams at that price is a win they earned. Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In pick No. 4 they get a building block for the line. A real need, handled.
Pick38 Rnd2 Kenneth Grant
Kenneth Grant is a better player than the 38th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
Jalen Royals in the Round 3 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick77 Rnd3 Ashton Gillotte
Ashton Gillotte at the 77th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick106 Rnd4 Cameron Williams
They robbed the room for Cameron Williams here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick144 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at pick 144 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick171 Rnd5 Damien Martinez
Damien Martinez slid further than he should have, and pick 171 is lovely value for the running back. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick220 Rnd7 Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson slipping to pick No. 220 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It fills a real need, too.
Pick238 Rnd7 Cam Horsley
A premium they did not need to pay, Cam Horsley a notch or two before his time. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.