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    Patriots
Draft Selections
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Christian Mahogany Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Christian Mahogany
OG Boston College
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Ryan Flournoy Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Ryan Flournoy
WR Southeast Missouri State
Josiah Ezirim Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Josiah Ezirim
OL Eastern Kentucky
Draft Picks Traded
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (MIA)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Players Gained
Head Shot
Chase Claypool
WR
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Patriots fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B.

There is reaching, and then there is Josiah Ezirim at the Round 6 slot. The Patriots jumped the board by 99 and dared it to prove them wrong. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

Worthy at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Joe Alt
In slot 3 they get a cornerstone up front. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick34 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
J.J. McCarthy at pick 34 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick68 Rnd3 Christian Mahogany
They reached a country mile for Christian Mahogany at the Round 3 slot, and the board is aghast. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick103 Rnd4 Xavier Worthy
They robbed the room for Xavier Worthy here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick137 Rnd5 Christian Jones
Christian Jones at the 137th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick180 Rnd6 Ryan Flournoy
A big swing on Ryan Flournoy at Round 6, Pick 5, well ahead of any board in the building. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick193 Rnd6 Josiah Ezirim
Value said wait; Josiah Ezirim in the Round 6 slot says they were not listening. The roster fit checks out.