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Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall
D
ValueB-
NeedB
TradesF
FutureB
The Patriots let Giddens fall and pounced. Final grade: D. The phones were a trap the Patriots kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.
If Fairchild pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The Campbell pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at interior defensive lineman. Giddens at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.
A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and interior defensive lineman is still a hole.
Pick Analysis
Pick6
Rnd1
Kelvin Banks Jr.
In slot 6 they get a blindside protector. A real need, handled.
Pick36
Rnd2
Shavon Revel Jr.
Shavon Revel Jr. in Round 2, Pick 4 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick37
Rnd2
Dylan Fairchild
They reached into another round for Dylan Fairchild, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick67
Rnd3
Josaiah Stewart
The board had Josaiah Stewart higher than pick No. 67, and the edge rusher fell to them anyway. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick93
Rnd3
Emery Jones Jr.
Somehow Emery Jones Jr. was still sitting there in pick 93, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick103
Rnd4
Kevin Winston Jr.
A slide stopped in the 103rd overall pick, with Kevin Winston Jr. worth more than the price. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick106
Rnd4
Danny Stutsman
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Danny Stutsman at Round 4, Pick 5 is the proof. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick134
Rnd4
Jihaad Campbell
A surprising call. With interior defensive lineman still to address, they spent pick 134 on Jihaad Campbell, a linebacker they were not short of.
Pick139
Rnd5
Tez Johnson
They liked Tez Johnson enough to skip the value, taking him in the 139th overall pick. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick153
Rnd5
Jack Bech
A clean, defensible pick in No. 153 with a little surplus value in Jack Bech. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick162
Rnd5
Benjamin Morrison
Benjamin Morrison in slot 162 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick192
Rnd6
DJ Giddens
Circle this one: DJ Giddens at the 192nd pick is a fall that decides a draft. The roster fit checks out.
Pick217
Rnd7
Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke at the Round 7 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick220
Rnd7
Luke Lachey
Luke Lachey in pick No. 220 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It fills a real need, too.
Pick235
Rnd7
Shilo Sanders
Taking Shilo Sanders in No. 235 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.

















