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Patriots Nov 14 (. . . where all teams reached like crazy for OTs)

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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Jack Sawyer Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (NE)
Jack Sawyer
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 72 RND: 3 (NE)
Sonny Styles
S Ohio State
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (NE)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (NE)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Trey Wedig Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (NE)
Trey Wedig
OT Indiana
Julian Fleming Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Julian Fleming
WR Penn State
Bryce Foster Head Shot
PICK: 236 RND: 7 (NE)
Bryce Foster
C Kansas
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (NE)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots robbed the room for Mondon Jr.. Final grade: B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Smael Mondon Jr., pick 144, roughly 102 picks past where he belonged. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

Reaching for Wedig left real value on the table behind him. They punted on interior defensive lineman, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
They paid sticker price for Travis Hunter in the 3rd pick, and that is fine. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick41 Rnd2 Jack Sawyer
Jack Sawyer at pick No. 41 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the edge rusher. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick72 Rnd3 Sonny Styles
The board fumbled Sonny Styles all the way to the 72nd overall pick, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick86 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
Dylan Fairchild at No. 86 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It fills a real need, too.
Pick108 Rnd4 Omarion Hampton
Steal is underselling it; Omarion Hampton at slot 108 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick144 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
Smael Mondon Jr. in pick 144 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick218 Rnd7 Trey Wedig
Trey Wedig in Round 7, Pick 4 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick220 Rnd7 Julian Fleming
Julian Fleming at the Round 7 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick236 Rnd7 Bryce Foster
Bryce Foster at the Round 7 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick256 Rnd7 Shilo Sanders
A safety of that caliber at the 256th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.