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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (NE)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NE)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (NE)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (NE)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
Tip Reiman Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Tip Reiman
TE Illinois
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (NE)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Nathaniel Watson Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Nathaniel Watson
LB Mississippi State
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (TB)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NYG)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (TB)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 6 (TB)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (TB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (NYG)
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Draft Picks Traded
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ATL)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NYG)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jake Matthews
OT
Head Shot
Tyre Phillips
OT
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureA
Maye is the Patriots' new face under center. Grade: A-.

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Patriots committed. Drake Maye is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. The running back hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Watson.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Drake Maye and all.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Drake Maye
No drama and no debate, Drake Maye went about where he belonged in No. 8. It fills a real need, too.
Pick34 Rnd2 Chop Robinson
Nice patience on Chop Robinson, who had no business lasting to pick No. 34. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick57 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
A clean, defensible pick in the Round 2 slot with a little surplus value in Xavier Legette. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick70 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
By-the-book stuff, Kingsley Suamataia at pick 70 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick89 Rnd3 Patrick Paul
Patrick Paul at the 89th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The roster fit checks out.
Pick103 Rnd4 Maason Smith
No edge and no loss on Maason Smith in Round 4, Pick 3; it is a wash and a sensible one. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick125 Rnd4 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at the 125th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the wide receiver. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick137 Rnd5 Malik Mustapha
Malik Mustapha in slot 137 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick180 Rnd6 Tip Reiman
They let Tip Reiman come to them and pounced at pick No. 180. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick193 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
They read the board right and Kamal Hadden was the payoff at slot 193. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick220 Rnd6 JD Bertrand
A straight-up fair deal on JD Bertrand at the 220th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick231 Rnd7 Nathaniel Watson
They robbed the room for Nathaniel Watson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.