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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Ben Sinnott Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Ben Sinnott
TE Kansas State
Bucky Irving Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Bucky Irving
RB Oregon
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Myles Harden Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Myles Harden
CB South Dakota
Trey Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Trey Taylor
S Air Force
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots bet the future on Maye. The board says B-.

The search is over. The Patriots handed the keys to Drake Maye, and the whole operation now runs on his development. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want. Wide receiver is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In pick 3 they get the face of the franchise. A real need, handled.
Pick34 Rnd2 Troy Franklin
They paid sticker price for Troy Franklin in the 34th pick, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick68 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
A straight-up fair deal on Kingsley Suamataia at slot 68, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick103 Rnd4 Ben Sinnott
Ben Sinnott at the Round 4 slot is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick137 Rnd5 Bucky Irving
Bucky Irving at No. 137 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the running back. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick180 Rnd6 Luke McCaffrey
The board fumbled Luke McCaffrey all the way to pick No. 180, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick193 Rnd6 Myles Harden
Myles Harden in the 193rd overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick231 Rnd7 Trey Taylor
They took Trey Taylor at par in Round 7, Pick 11, which is nothing to complain about. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.