The board owed the Patriots one, and it paid up: Pat Bryant, the No. 153 name on the board, sitting there at the 195th pick like a gift left on the doorstep. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

If Oladejo pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. It is not that Bryant is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.