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Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Adonai Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Adonai Mitchell
WR Texas
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Julian Pearl Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Julian Pearl
OT Illinois
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.

Pearl falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

The Johnson pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the 3rd pick they get a passer to set the clock by at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
Fair-plus on Adonai Mitchell, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick68 Rnd3 Patrick Paul
They took Patrick Paul at par in Round 3, Pick 4, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick103 Rnd4 Theo Johnson
A big swing on Theo Johnson at pick 103, well ahead of any board in the building. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick137 Rnd5 Mohamed Kamara
They did well to land Mohamed Kamara in pick No. 137, just ahead of his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick180 Rnd6 Marist Liufau
Value with a capital V on Marist Liufau in the 180th overall pick, a genuine coup. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick193 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
They barely believed it either: Kamal Hadden still on the board at the Round 6 slot. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick231 Rnd7 Julian Pearl
They will replay Julian Pearl at slot 231 for years; that is how good the value is. The roster fit checks out.