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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Ladd McConkey Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Ladd McConkey
WR Georgia
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Javon Solomon Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
Javon Solomon
OLB-EDGE Troy
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NE)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots bet the future on Maye. The board says B-.

The search is over. The Patriots handed the keys to Drake Maye, and the whole operation now runs on his development. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

They banked enough surplus on Coleman to cover a lot of smaller sins. They will need Holker to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. It is not that Solomon is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the Round 1 slot they get the face of the franchise. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Ladd McConkey
They paid sticker price for Ladd McConkey in Round 2, Pick 2, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick68 Rnd3 Keon Coleman
The board fumbled Keon Coleman all the way to the 68th overall pick, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick104 Rnd4 Javon Solomon
A surprising call. With edge rusher, interior defensive lineman and other spots still to address, they spent pick No. 104 on Javon Solomon, an OLB-EDGE they were not short of.
Pick136 Rnd4 Dallin Holker
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Dallin Holker well ahead of where he belonged. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick182 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
A slide stopped in No. 182, with Kamal Hadden worth more than the price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.