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Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Nic Scourton Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (NE)
Nic Scourton
DL-EDGE Texas A&M
Barrett Carter Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (NE)
Barrett Carter
LB Clemson
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (NE)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (NE)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
J.Michael Sturdivant Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
J.Michael Sturdivant
WR UCLA
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (NE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Jaydn Ott Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Jaydn Ott
RB California
PJ Williams Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (NE)
PJ Williams
OT SMU
Makari Paige Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (NE)
Makari Paige
S Michigan
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots let Loveland fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

The Patriots spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Colston Loveland, the No. 61 name on the board, in the Round 4 slot. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. Sturdivant has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
In the 3rd pick they get a blindside protector. A real need, handled.
Pick41 Rnd2 Nic Scourton
Nic Scourton at No. 41 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick72 Rnd3 Barrett Carter
Barrett Carter at pick 72 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick86 Rnd3 Maxwell Hairston
No edge and no loss on Maxwell Hairston in slot 86; it is a wash and a sensible one. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick108 Rnd4 Colston Loveland
You do not let a tight end like Colston Loveland reach Round 4, Pick 7 and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
Pick144 Rnd5 J.Michael Sturdivant
They went early on J.Michael Sturdivant in the 144th overall pick, and the value did not follow. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick218 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in pick No. 218 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick220 Rnd7 Jaydn Ott
A slide stopped in the Round 7 slot, with Jaydn Ott worth more than the price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick236 Rnd7 PJ Williams
A clean, defensible pick in the 236th pick with a little surplus value in PJ Williams. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick256 Rnd7 Makari Paige
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Makari Paige in No. 256. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.