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Draft Selections
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NE)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (NE)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Dwight McGlothern Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Dwight McGlothern
CB Arkansas
Jaden Walley Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Jaden Walley
WR Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CHI)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (JAX)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Draft Picks Traded
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (CHI)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Ruke Orhorhoro Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (JAX)
Ruke Orhorhoro
DT Clemson
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (JAX)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB TradesC- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Patriots.

The Patriots put a flag in the ground for Jaden Walley, 135 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

On value alone, McGlothern makes the weekend a net positive. Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend.

On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Brock Bowers
In the 9th overall pick they get a red-zone target to build around. A real need, handled.
Pick17 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In No. 17 they get a blindside protector, outstanding value to boot. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Jared Verse
The board fumbled Jared Verse all the way to slot 34, and they scooped it up. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick137 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
Luke McCaffrey in Round 5, Pick 1 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick180 Rnd6 Dylan Laube
Steal is underselling it; Dylan Laube at the Round 6 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick193 Rnd6 Dwight McGlothern
Dwight McGlothern in pick 193 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick231 Rnd7 Jaden Walley
Jaden Walley at Round 7, Pick 11 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.