Thirty-one other rooms let Jermod McCoy slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at pick No. 246. Highway robbery. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered. They trusted the board more than the depth chart.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.