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Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (NE)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Adisa Isaac Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (NE)
Adisa Isaac
DE-EDGE Penn State
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (NE)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Bucky Irving Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (NE)
Bucky Irving
RB Oregon
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (NE)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Zak Zinter Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (NE)
Zak Zinter
OG Michigan
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NE)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (NE)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
Draft Picks Received
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (GB)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Adisa Isaac Head Shot
PICK: 50 RND: 2 (PHI)
Adisa Isaac
DE-EDGE Penn State
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (GB)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Bucky Irving Head Shot
PICK: 88 RND: 3 (GB)
Bucky Irving
RB Oregon
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (PHI)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (GB)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (GB)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Players Gained
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Jordan Love
QB
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Milton Williams
DT
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureA
Larceny in pick 231 lands the Patriots a A-, Jones and all.

Thirty-one other rooms let Elijah Jones slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at slot 231. Highway robbery. This is how you run a draft, and the A- reflects it.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up. The Patriots clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

Trust the process, because this time the process plainly worked.

Pick Analysis
Pick25 Rnd1 Brian Thomas Jr.
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a weapon on the perimeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick34 Rnd2 Troy Fautanu
Troy Fautanu at the 34th pick is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick50 Rnd2 Adisa Isaac
Adisa Isaac at the Round 2 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick58 Rnd2 Keon Coleman
They barely believed it either: Keon Coleman still on the board at pick 58. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick68 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
A quiet steal in the 68th overall pick: Jeremiah Trotter Jr. for less than the market said. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick88 Rnd3 Bucky Irving
A straight-up fair deal on Bucky Irving at slot 88, value and slot in agreement. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick97 Rnd3 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni at No. 97 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick102 Rnd4 Zak Zinter
Zak Zinter in pick No. 102 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick136 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
Good price on Ben Sinnott in No. 136, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The roster fit checks out.
Pick179 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
Value with a capital V on Kamal Hadden in slot 179, a genuine coup. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick231 Rnd7 Elijah Jones
Elijah Jones at the 231st overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.