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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NE)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Jermaine Burton Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Jermaine Burton
WR Alabama
Calen Bullock Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Calen Bullock
S USC
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (NE)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (NE)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Dillon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Dillon Johnson
RB Washington
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Draft Picks Received
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (MIN)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (MIN)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Players Gained
Head Shot
Josh Oliver
TE
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesC FutureA+
The Patriots let Bullock fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Thirty-one other rooms let Calen Bullock slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at pick 103. Highway robbery. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. Adding Josh Oliver by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In No. 11 they get a building block for the line. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy in the Round 2 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick68 Rnd3 Jermaine Burton
A slide stopped in slot 68, with Jermaine Burton worth more than the price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick103 Rnd4 Calen Bullock
Circle this one: Calen Bullock at Round 4, Pick 3 is a fall that decides a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick108 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
No drama and no debate, Cedric Gray went about where he belonged in the 108th pick. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick129 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
They paid sticker price for Ben Sinnott in the 129th overall pick, and that is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick137 Rnd5 Christian Jones
A clean, defensible pick in pick 137 with a little surplus value in Christian Jones. It fills a real need, too.
Pick180 Rnd6 Dillon Johnson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Dillon Johnson at pick No. 180 is the proof. The roster fit checks out.
Pick193 Rnd6 Curtis Jacobs
Curtis Jacobs at the Round 6 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick231 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
Good price on Frank Gore Jr. in slot 231, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.