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Draft Selections
Cam Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (NE)
Cam Coleman
WR Texas
Yhonzae Pierre Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (NE)
Yhonzae Pierre
LB-EDGE Alabama
KJ Bolden Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (NE)
KJ Bolden
S Georgia
Will Echoles Head Shot
PICK: 122 RND: 4 (NE)
Will Echoles
DT Ole Miss
Trevor Lauck Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (NE)
Trevor Lauck
OT Iowa
Coen Echols Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Coen Echols
OG Texas A&M
James Smith Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (NE)
James Smith
DL Ohio State
Brett Norfleet Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (NE)
Brett Norfleet
TE Missouri
Tunmise Adeleye Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (NE)
Tunmise Adeleye
DE-EDGE Syracuse
DeSean Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (NE)
DeSean Bishop
RB Tennessee
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots won the night they stopped Lauck from sliding. Grade: B.

The Patriots did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Trevor Lauck fell into No. 165.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. If Norfleet pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Cam Coleman
In No. 20 they get a true top target, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick51 Rnd2 Yhonzae Pierre
Yhonzae Pierre in Round 2, Pick 19 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick85 Rnd3 KJ Bolden
Taking KJ Bolden in slot 85 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick122 Rnd4 Will Echoles
Will Echoles at pick No. 122 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick165 Rnd5 Trevor Lauck
They will replay Trevor Lauck at the Round 5 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick182 Rnd6 Coen Echols
Coen Echols at pick 182 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Pick187 Rnd6 James Smith
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on James Smith. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick211 Rnd6 Brett Norfleet
Brett Norfleet in the 211th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick249 Rnd7 Tunmise Adeleye
A reach on Tunmise Adeleye in slot 249; the board had better options right there. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick257 Rnd7 DeSean Bishop
A reach for DeSean Bishop in the 257th overall pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.