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Draft Selections
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
LeQuint Allen Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
LeQuint Allen
RB Syracuse
Aeneas Peebles Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Aeneas Peebles
DL Virginia Tech
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NE)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Drew Kendall Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Drew Kendall
C Boston College
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall C+
ValueC- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The jury is out on the Patriots. For now, C+.

The Patriots spent real capital to be 54 picks early on Drew Kendall, and the board is going to hold them to it. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.

Brown falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

So much rides on Jalon Walker that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Jalon Walker
In the Round 1 slot they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker, though the board says they badly overpaid. More want than need.
Pick38 Rnd2 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson in the 38th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins slipping to Round 3, Pick 5 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick77 Rnd3 Mason Taylor
They paid sticker price for Mason Taylor in slot 77, and that is fine. It fills a real need, too.
Pick106 Rnd4 LeQuint Allen
LeQuint Allen at the 106th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick144 Rnd5 Aeneas Peebles
Aeneas Peebles in pick No. 144 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick171 Rnd5 Logan Brown
Steal is underselling it; Logan Brown at the 171st pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick220 Rnd7 Donovan Edwards
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Donovan Edwards at slot 220 is the proof. The roster fit checks out.
Pick238 Rnd7 Drew Kendall
A wild overpay on Drew Kendall in Round 7, Pick 22, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.