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    Patriots
Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Devontez Walker Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Devontez Walker
WR North Carolina
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Jha'Quan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Jha'Quan Jackson
WR Tulane
Draft Picks Received
Devontez Walker Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
Devontez Walker
WR North Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (LAC)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (LAC)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (LAC)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Players traded away
Head Shot
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesC FutureB-
The Patriots bet the future on Maye. The board says B-.

The Patriots spent the pick that matters most on Drake Maye, and a roster that has been waiting on a passer can start to take shape. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Jackson falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In No. 3 they get their guy under center for the next decade. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
The board had Chop Robinson higher than Round 2, Pick 2, and the edge rusher fell to them anyway. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick68 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia at pick 68 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick69 Rnd3 Devontez Walker
They paid sticker price for Devontez Walker in the Round 3 slot, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick137 Rnd5 Dallin Holker
Dallin Holker in the 137th pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick193 Rnd6 Jha'Quan Jackson
Jha'Quan Jackson at pick No. 193 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.