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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Amarius Mims Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Amarius Mims
OT Georgia
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (NE)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (NE)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NE)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (NE)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Draft Picks Received
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (IND)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (ARI)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Dylan Laube Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (GB)
Dylan Laube
RB New Hampshire
Draft Picks Traded
Malik Mustapha Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (ARI)
Malik Mustapha
S Wake Forest
M.J. Devonshire Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (GB)
M.J. Devonshire
CB Pittsburgh
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
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PICK: RND: 6 (MIA)
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Players Gained
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Jerry Jeudy
WR
Players traded away
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DeVante Parker
WR
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JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
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Mac Jones
QB
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureC
The Patriots bet the future on Daniels. The board says B.

The search is over. The Patriots handed the keys to Jayden Daniels, and the whole operation now runs on his development. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

Every board in the league had Tupuola-Fetui lower, and that gap is the story. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own.

Getting Laube where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In Round 1, Pick 3 they get the arm they will build around. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Amarius Mims
A tidy bit of business in No. 34, where Amarius Mims graded well above the range. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick68 Rnd3 Xavier Legette
Xavier Legette in the 68th pick is fair value, right on his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick82 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
They read the board right and Ja'Lynn Polk was the payoff at the Round 3 slot. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick87 Rnd3 Khyree Jackson
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 87 with a little surplus value in Khyree Jackson. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick104 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott at pick 104 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The roster fit checks out.
Pick136 Rnd4 Kitan Oladapo
This one needs a full-page explanation: Kitan Oladapo in slot 136, miles early. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick137 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
Zion Tupuola-Fetui at the 137th overall pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick168 Rnd5 Dylan Laube
A quiet steal in slot 168: Dylan Laube for less than the market said. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.