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  • croweyo DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Josh Conerly Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Josh Conerly Jr.
OT Oregon
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Jake Briningstool Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Jake Briningstool
TE Clemson
Karene Reid Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Karene Reid
LB Utah
Kobe Hudson Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Kobe Hudson
WR UCF
Draft Picks Traded
Omarr Norman-Lott Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (CIN)
Omarr Norman-Lott
DT Tennessee
Players Gained
Head Shot
Tee Higgins
WR
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
Larceny in pick No. 217 lands the Patriots a B+, Briningstool and all.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Jake Briningstool tumbling to the Patriots in the 217th overall pick is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Tee Higgins gives the group a proven body among the projects.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In pick 4 they get a run-stuffing presence up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick38 Rnd2 Josh Conerly Jr.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Josh Conerly Jr.. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick69 Rnd3 Xavier Restrepo
Xavier Restrepo at the 69th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick106 Rnd4 Ozzy Trapilo
Taking Ozzy Trapilo in slot 106 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick144 Rnd5 Cam Skattebo
They robbed the room for Cam Skattebo here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick217 Rnd7 Jake Briningstool
Jake Briningstool at No. 217 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick220 Rnd7 Karene Reid
They will replay Karene Reid at the Round 7 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick238 Rnd7 Kobe Hudson
They barely believed it either: Kobe Hudson still on the board at Round 7, Pick 22. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.