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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NE)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots let Judkins fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

Call it larceny. Quinshon Judkins sat on the board until the Round 5 slot, and the Patriots did not need to be asked twice. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

The wide receiver hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Edge rusher is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Abdul Carter. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick38 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
A reasonable price with a little left over, Tate Ratledge in Round 2, Pick 6. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick69 Rnd3 Tyler Warren
You do not let a tight end like Tyler Warren reach pick 69 and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick77 Rnd3 Jalon Walker
The board fumbled Jalon Walker all the way to pick No. 77, and they scooped it up. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick104 Rnd4 Andrew Mukuba
Somehow Andrew Mukuba was still sitting there in the 104th overall pick, and they pounced on premier safety value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick143 Rnd5 Quinshon Judkins
Quinshon Judkins at slot 143 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The roster fit checks out.