For all the boxes ticked, the Patriots skipped the loudest one: edge rusher is exactly as bare as it was. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

Getting Taylor-Demerson where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They are betting Cohen proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

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