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Draft Selections
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Jonah Savaiinaea Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Jonah Savaiinaea
OT Arizona
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Addison West Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Addison West
OG Western Michigan
Gino Garcia Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Gino Garcia
PK Texas Tech
Akili Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Akili Arnold
S USC
Jarquez Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Jarquez Hunter
RB Auburn
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueC- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

If confidence were a draft strategy, the Patriots would have aced it. Gino Garcia at pick 217 is 64 spots clear of where he belonged.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. The Hunter pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Jack Sawyer
In pick 4 they get juice off the edge, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick38 Rnd2 Jonah Savaiinaea
A reach for Jonah Savaiinaea in the Round 2 slot; a little patience would have been rewarded. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick69 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
The board had Alfred Collins higher than the 69th pick, and the interior defensive lineman fell to them anyway. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick77 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
Jalen Royals at pick No. 77 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick106 Rnd4 Rylie Mills
Rylie Mills at No. 106 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick144 Rnd5 Addison West
They left a pile of value on the table to take Addison West this early at Round 5, Pick 6. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick217 Rnd7 Gino Garcia
Value said wait; Gino Garcia in pick 217 says they were not listening. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick220 Rnd7 Akili Arnold
A tidy bit of business in the Round 7 slot, where Akili Arnold graded well above the range. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jarquez Hunter
Jarquez Hunter in No. 238 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The roster fit checks out.