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Draft Selections
Gennings Dunker Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (NE)
Gennings Dunker
OT Iowa
Elijah Sarratt Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (NE)
Elijah Sarratt
WR Indiana
Michael Taaffe Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (NE)
Michael Taaffe
S Texas
Jadarian Price Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (NE)
Jadarian Price
RB Notre Dame
Tacario Davis Head Shot
PICK: 121 RND: 4 (NE)
Tacario Davis
CB Washington
Vincent Anthony Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (NE)
Vincent Anthony Jr.
DE-EDGE Duke
Jaren Kanak Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (NE)
Jaren Kanak
TE Oklahoma
Evan Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (NE)
Evan Stewart
WR Oregon
Haynes King Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (NE)
Haynes King
QB Georgia Tech
Elliot Washington II Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (NE)
Elliot Washington II
CB Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Gennings Dunker Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (MIN)
Gennings Dunker
OT Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 19 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
Players Gained
Head Shot
Rico Dowdle
RB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Keion White
DE
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall C+
ValueB- NeedB TradesF FutureB
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Patriots to a C+.

The Patriots treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 224th pick on Haynes King a full 57 spots early.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

That Stewart pick is the receipt they will wave around later. Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Gennings Dunker
In pick 22 they get a long-term starter on the line. A real need, handled.
Pick55 Rnd2 Elijah Sarratt
Elijah Sarratt is a better player than No. 55 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick86 Rnd3 Michael Taaffe
Circle this one: Michael Taaffe at the Round 3 slot is a fall that decides a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick113 Rnd4 Jadarian Price
They went early on Jadarian Price in pick No. 113, and the value did not follow. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick121 Rnd4 Tacario Davis
They let Tacario Davis come to them and pounced at slot 121. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick159 Rnd5 Vincent Anthony Jr.
Vincent Anthony Jr. at Round 5, Pick 20 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick197 Rnd6 Jaren Kanak
Jaren Kanak in Round 6, Pick 14 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick202 Rnd6 Evan Stewart
The board fumbled Evan Stewart all the way to the Round 6 slot, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick224 Rnd7 Haynes King
Haynes King at the 224th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick241 Rnd7 Elliot Washington II
The board had cheaper options than Elliot Washington II at slot 241, and it noticed. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.