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Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (NE)
Jordan Hancock
CB Ohio State
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (NE)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (NE)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (NE)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Makari Paige Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 7 (NE)
Makari Paige
S Michigan
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (NE)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (NE)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots cashed the board's mistake on Emmanwori: B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Nick Emmanwori, slot 108, roughly 21 picks past where he belonged.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. If Trapilo pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
In the 3rd overall pick they get protection for the quarterback. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick41 Rnd2 Jordan Hancock
Jordan Hancock slipping to pick 41 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick72 Rnd3 Jay Higgins
Jay Higgins at pick No. 72 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick85 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
They went early on Ozzy Trapilo in No. 85, and the value did not follow. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick108 Rnd4 Nick Emmanwori
Circle this one: Nick Emmanwori at slot 108 is a fall that decides a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick144 Rnd5 Donovan Edwards
Donovan Edwards at the 144th pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick216 Rnd7 Makari Paige
Makari Paige is a better player than Round 7, Pick 2 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick218 Rnd7 Kyren Lacy
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 7 slot with a little surplus value in Kyren Lacy. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick228 Rnd7 T.J. Sanders
A reasonable price with a little left over, T.J. Sanders in pick 228. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.