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Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Zeek Biggers Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Zeek Biggers
DT Georgia Tech
Jalen Travis Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Jalen Travis
OT Iowa State
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Patriots a B-.

The Patriots clearly saw something nobody else did in Jalen Travis, taking him 45 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

Getting Thornton Jr. where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
Kelvin Banks Jr. at Round 1, Pick 4 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick38 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker in the Round 2 slot is fair value, right on his grade. The roster fit checks out.
Pick69 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
A quiet steal in slot 69: TreVeyon Henderson for less than the market said. It fills a real need, too.
Pick77 Rnd3 Darien Porter
By-the-book stuff, Darien Porter at pick 77 squarely in line with his ranking. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick106 Rnd4 Jared Wilson
No edge and no loss on Jared Wilson in the 106th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick144 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II at the 144th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick217 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Taking Dont'e Thornton Jr. in slot 217 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick220 Rnd7 Zeek Biggers
A reach on Zeek Biggers in No. 220; the board had better options right there. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jalen Travis
Jalen Travis at pick 238 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.