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Draft Selections
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
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Braelon Allen Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Braelon Allen
RB Wisconsin
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (NE)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (NE)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Trente Jones Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Trente Jones
OT Michigan
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Draft Picks Received
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (NO)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (NO)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Draft Picks Traded
Dallin Holker Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NO)
Dallin Holker
TE Colorado State
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots bet the future on Maye. The board says B.

The one hole that towered over the rest is filled. The Patriots spent their marquee pick on Drake Maye, and for the first time in a while there is a real answer at quarterback. No fireworks, but a solid B.

That is a linebacker worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

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 clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 Adonai Mitchell
Adonai Mitchell at Round 2, Pick 2 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick68 Rnd3 Jordan Morgan
Jordan Morgan in pick No. 68 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The roster fit checks out.
Pick103 Rnd4 Braelon Allen
No edge and no loss on Braelon Allen in No. 103; it is a wash and a sensible one. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick150 Rnd5 Jarrian Jones
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Jarrian Jones in the Round 5 slot. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick168 Rnd5 AJ Barner
A straight-up fair deal on AJ Barner at slot 168, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick180 Rnd6 Jordan Jefferson
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jordan Jefferson. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick193 Rnd6 Trente Jones
Trente Jones at the 193rd overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick231 Rnd7 Ty'Ron Hopper
Ty'Ron Hopper in Round 7, Pick 11 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.