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Maye is the Man

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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Kamari Lassiter Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Kamari Lassiter
CB Georgia
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NE)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Tayvion Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (NE)
Tayvion Robinson
WR Kentucky
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots found their guy under center in Maye: B.

They finally answered the question that shadows every other one. Drake Maye is the Patriots' quarterback, full stop. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Lassiter. The Holker pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In slot 3 they get their guy under center for the next decade. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Jared Verse
The board fumbled Jared Verse all the way to the 34th pick, and they scooped it up. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick68 Rnd3 Kamari Lassiter
They robbed the room for Kamari Lassiter here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick104 Rnd4 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
They will replay Dadrion Taylor-Demerson at pick No. 104 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick136 Rnd4 Dallin Holker
Value said wait; Dallin Holker in Round 4, Pick 36 says they were not listening. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick182 Rnd6 Mason McCormick
Steal is underselling it; Mason McCormick at pick 182 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick229 Rnd7 Tayvion Robinson
By-the-book stuff, Tayvion Robinson at the Round 7 slot squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.