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    Patriots
Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (NE)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Rylie Mills Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Rylie Mills
DL Notre Dame
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson...
OT Florida
Ethan Downs Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Ethan Downs
DE-EDGE Oklahoma
Draft Picks Received
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (LAC)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Draft Picks Traded
Nic Scourton Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (LAC)
Nic Scourton
DE-EDGE Texas A&M
Robert Longerbeam Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (LAC)
Robert Longerbeam
CB Rutgers
Players traded away
Head Shot
Christian Barmore
DT
Head Shot
Kendrick Bourne
WR
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall D
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB-
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Patriots to a D.

The Patriots bet big and early on Ethan Downs, 44 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. Hard to defend, and the D reflects that.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. For all the activity, safety went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Landing Johnson that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
In No. 4 they get a plug-and-play piece up front at fair value.
Pick22 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In Round 1, Pick 22 they get a weapon on the perimeter at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick69 Rnd3 Kaleb Johnson
Kaleb Johnson in slot 69 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The roster fit checks out.
Pick77 Rnd3 Jack Bech
Jack Bech at the Round 3 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick106 Rnd4 Gunnar Helm
The board had Gunnar Helm higher than the 106th overall pick, and the tight end fell to them anyway. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick144 Rnd5 Rylie Mills
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Rylie Mills at the 144th pick is the proof. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick217 Rnd7 Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson
Circle this one: Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson at No. 217 is a fall that decides a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick238 Rnd7 Ethan Downs
This one needs a full-page explanation: Ethan Downs in slot 238, miles early. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.