Dpilon1973'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Elic Ayomanor Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Elic Ayomanor
WR Stanford
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NE)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
Lander Barton Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Lander Barton
LB Utah
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots let Stewart fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The board owed the Patriots one, and it paid up: Josaiah Stewart, the No. 41 name on the board, sitting there at slot 220 like a gift left on the doorstep.

Ayomanor has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the interior defensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In No. 4 they get a sticky cover corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick38 Rnd2 Wyatt Milum
They barely believed it either: Wyatt Milum still on the board at pick No. 38. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jalen Royals in slot 69. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick77 Rnd3 Elic Ayomanor
A reach for Elic Ayomanor in pick 77; a little patience would have been rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick104 Rnd4 Ashton Jeanty
Steal is underselling it; Ashton Jeanty at the 104th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick143 Rnd5 Jihaad Campbell
A linebacker of that caliber at Round 5, Pick 6 is the definition of value, full stop. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick217 Rnd7 Dylan Fairchild
They will replay Dylan Fairchild at the 217th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.
Pick220 Rnd7 Josaiah Stewart
Somehow Josaiah Stewart was still sitting there in the Round 7 slot, and they pounced on premier edge rusher value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick238 Rnd7 Lander Barton
Lander Barton in pick No. 238 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.