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  • NE4EVER DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NE)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Jha'Quan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (NE)
Jha'Quan Jackson
WR Tulane
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (NE)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Draft Picks Received
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (IND)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (IND)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Blake Freeland
OT
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB+ FutureA
A passer of the future in Maye, and a B+, for the Patriots.

You build a draft on nights like this. Jaylin Simpson had no business being available in the 232nd pick, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card. More right than wrong, and a B+ to match.

The whole projection now runs through Drake Maye; hit there and everything else looks smarter. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

If Holker pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
No drama and no debate, Drake Maye went about where he belonged in slot 3. It fills a real need, too.
Pick34 Rnd2 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
Olumuyiwa Fashanu in pick No. 34 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick68 Rnd3 Rome Odunze
They robbed the room for Rome Odunze here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick136 Rnd4 Dallin Holker
Dallin Holker at slot 136 is a conviction pick that outran the value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick182 Rnd6 Keith Randolph Jr.
They barely believed it either: Keith Randolph Jr. still on the board at the 182nd overall pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick229 Rnd7 Jha'Quan Jackson
Nothing to complain about; Jha'Quan Jackson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick232 Rnd7 Jaylin Simpson
Jaylin Simpson at the 232nd pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.