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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NE)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NE)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Davison Igbinosun Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Davison Igbinosun
CB Ohio State
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (NE)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots won the night they stopped Paul Jr. from sliding. Grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Chris Paul Jr. had no business being available in slot 217, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

Caldwell has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In pick No. 4 they get a difference-maker at receiver at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick38 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
Aireontae Ersery in the Round 2 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jalon Walker
They robbed the room for Jalon Walker here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick77 Rnd3 Kaleb Johnson
They barely believed it either: Kaleb Johnson still on the board at pick 77. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick105 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
A slide stopped in the 105th overall pick, with Tez Johnson worth more than the price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick143 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
You do not let a safety like Malachi Moore reach No. 143 and blink. They did not. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick217 Rnd7 Chris Paul Jr.
Chris Paul Jr. in Round 7, Pick 1 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick220 Rnd7 Davison Igbinosun
Davison Igbinosun at the 220th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick241 Rnd7 Jamaree Caldwell
Jamaree Caldwell at pick 241 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.