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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (NE)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Trente Jones Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Trente Jones
OT Michigan
Cedric Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (NE)
Cedric Johnson
DE-EDGE Mississippi
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (TEN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (TEN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (TEN)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Cedric Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (JAX)
Cedric Johnson
DE-EDGE Mississippi
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (TEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (PHI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (TEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (TEN)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Max Melton Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (CHI)
Max Melton
CB Rutgers
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Justin Fields
QB
Players traded away
Head Shot
DeVante Parker
WR
Head Shot
Myles Bryant
CB
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB+
The Patriots turned the phones into found money: B+.

The trade table was a mismatch, and the Patriots were on the right end of it, hauling in a fortune in surplus value. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B+.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. They are betting Henderson proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In the 7th overall pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value.
Pick34 Rnd2 Ladd McConkey
No edge and no loss on Ladd McConkey in Round 2, Pick 2; it is a wash and a sensible one. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick38 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
They read the board right and Kool-Aid McKinstry was the payoff at the 38th pick. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick103 Rnd4 Theo Johnson
Theo Johnson at pick No. 103 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick106 Rnd4 Will Shipley
They took Will Shipley at par in No. 106, which is nothing to complain about. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick137 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey at pick 137 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick180 Rnd6 Johnny Dixon
They went early on Johnny Dixon in the Round 6 slot, and the value did not follow. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick193 Rnd6 Trente Jones
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Trente Jones. It fills a real need, too.
Pick212 Rnd6 Cedric Johnson
Cedric Johnson at No. 212 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick231 Rnd7 LaDarius Henderson
LaDarius Henderson at Round 7, Pick 11 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.