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Draft Selections
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (NE)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Donovan Ezeiruaku Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (NE)
Donovan Ezeiruaku
DE-EDGE Boston College
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (NE)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NE)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Brady Cook Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Brady Cook
QB Missouri
Draft Picks Received
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (BUF)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Donovan Ezeiruaku Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (BUF)
Donovan Ezeiruaku
DE-EDGE Boston College
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BUF)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (BUF)
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Draft Picks Traded
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (BUF)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Players Gained
Head Shot
Dion Dawkins
OT
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA- FutureA+
No fireworks, just a tidy B+ for the Patriots.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Patriots took Brady Cook a full 51 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.

The Restrepo value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. The Dion Dawkins pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.

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

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

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Colston Loveland
Colston Loveland in Round 1, Pick 30 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick38 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
They reached a country mile for Jayden Higgins at pick No. 38, and the board is aghast. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick56 Rnd2 Donovan Ezeiruaku
Donovan Ezeiruaku at No. 56 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the edge rusher. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick62 Rnd2 TreVeyon Henderson
Quietly one of the better values of the day, TreVeyon Henderson at the 62nd pick. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick69 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
A reach for Ozzy Trapilo in the Round 3 slot; a little patience would have been rewarded. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick77 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge at pick 77 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It fills a real need, too.
Pick106 Rnd4 Jacob Parrish
A premium they did not need to pay, Jacob Parrish a notch or two before his time. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick144 Rnd5 Xavier Restrepo
Circle this one: Xavier Restrepo at pick 144 is a fall that decides a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick171 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
JJ Pegues in the 171st pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick220 Rnd7 Jaylen Reed
Jaylen Reed at the 220th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick238 Rnd7 Brady Cook
A wild overpay on Brady Cook in No. 238, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The roster fit checks out.