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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NE)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Jha'Quan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Jha'Quan Jackson
WR Tulane
Trey Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (NE)
Trey Taylor
S Air Force
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots found their guy under center in Maye: B-.

Start where it matters. The Patriots took Drake Maye to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

The cost of the Jackson reach is exactly the players who went right after him. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In Round 1, Pick 3 they get a franchise quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Kiran Amegadjie
Kiran Amegadjie in pick No. 34 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick68 Rnd3 Malachi Corley
They paid up for Malachi Corley at No. 68 when waiting would have done the job. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick104 Rnd4 Max Melton
Max Melton in the Round 4 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick136 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott at pick 136 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick182 Rnd6 Jha'Quan Jackson
Value said wait; Jha'Quan Jackson in the 182nd pick says they were not listening. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick229 Rnd7 Trey Taylor
They reached a country mile for Trey Taylor at slot 229, and the board is aghast. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.