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Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (NE)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NE)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Jordan Burch Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Jordan Burch
DE-EDGE Oregon
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (NE)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NE)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (NE)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (NE)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (NE)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (NE)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (NE)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Draft Picks Received
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (ATL)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (LAR)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (ARI)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (PHI)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (IND)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Jonas Sanker Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (PHI)
Jonas Sanker
S Virginia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ARI)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Josh Downs
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
Davon Godchaux
DT
Head Shot
Jahlani Tavai
LB
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesF FutureA+
The Patriots robbed the room for Tuten. Final grade: B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Bhayshul Tuten, slot 222, roughly 71 picks past where he belonged. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

They are betting Higgins proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close.

Spending an early pick on cornerback with interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick15 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In pick 15 they get a sticky cover corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick38 Rnd2 Grey Zabel
Nothing to complain about; Grey Zabel went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick45 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton at the Round 2 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jordan Burch
They reached into another round for Jordan Burch, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick77 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins slid further than he should have, and the 77th pick is lovely value for the wide receiver. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick90 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
Of all the spots to shop, they chose cornerback. Denzel Burke in Round 3, Pick 26 leaves interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots for later.
Pick105 Rnd4 Cody Simon
A wild overpay on Cody Simon in the 105th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick114 Rnd4 Jay Higgins
A curious use of No. 114. Interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots needed the pick; a linebacker in Jay Higgins did not.
Pick145 Rnd5 Cam Skattebo
The board fumbled Cam Skattebo all the way to pick 145, and they scooped it up. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick166 Rnd5 Kurtis Rourke
They robbed the room for Kurtis Rourke here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick219 Rnd7 KeAndre Lambert-Smith
KeAndre Lambert-Smith at slot 219 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick222 Rnd7 Bhayshul Tuten
Bhayshul Tuten at pick No. 222 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.