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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jaydon Blue Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Jaydon Blue
RB Texas
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
Larceny in slot 238 lands the Patriots a B, Blue and all.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jaydon Blue, the 238th overall pick, roughly 65 picks past where he belonged.

They are betting Oladejo proves the room right and everyone else wrong. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

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 quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In the Round 1 slot they get a double-digit-sack hope. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick38 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
They read the board right and Emeka Egbuka was the payoff at the 38th overall pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick69 Rnd3 Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton at No. 69 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It fills a real need, too.
Pick77 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
Ozzy Trapilo in the 77th pick is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick106 Rnd4 Oluwafemi Oladejo
This one needs a full-page explanation: Oluwafemi Oladejo in pick 106, miles early. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick144 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
Value with a capital V on Malachi Moore in pick No. 144, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick217 Rnd7 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in Round 7, Pick 1 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick220 Rnd7 JJ Pegues
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at slot 220 is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jaydon Blue
Steal is underselling it; Jaydon Blue at the Round 7 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.