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    Patriots
Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NE)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (NE)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Miyan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (NE)
Miyan Williams
RB Ohio State
Omar Speights Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (NE)
Omar Speights
LB LSU
Myles Jones Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (NE)
Myles Jones
CB Duke
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Myles Jones Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (JAX)
Myles Jones
CB Duke
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIN)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (JAX)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (MIN)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (JAX)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Players Gained
Head Shot
Garrett Bradbury
C
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB TradesA- FutureA+
The Patriots finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a A-.

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Drake Maye is the Patriots' quarterback, full stop.

They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it. If one pick saves this weekend, it is Speights. The trade work was a quiet net positive.

Stockpiling next year's capital is patient, if unglamorous, asset work.

Trust the process, because this time the process plainly worked.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In pick 11 they get a long-term answer under center at fair value.
Pick34 Rnd2 Ladd McConkey
They took Ladd McConkey at par in the 34th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick42 Rnd2 Patrick Paul
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Patrick Paul. The roster fit checks out.
Pick68 Rnd3 Kiran Amegadjie
They let Kiran Amegadjie come to them and pounced at pick No. 68. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick103 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Zak Zinter at No. 103 is the proof. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick139 Rnd5 Ainias Smith
They will replay Ainias Smith at slot 139 for years; that is how good the value is. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick224 Rnd7 Miyan Williams
A running back of that caliber at the Round 7 slot is the definition of value, full stop. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick232 Rnd7 Omar Speights
They robbed the room for Omar Speights here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick237 Rnd7 Myles Jones
The board fumbled Myles Jones all the way to the Round 7 slot, and they scooped it up. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.