If confidence were a draft strategy, the Patriots would have aced it. Trente Jones at the 182nd pick is 70 spots clear of where he belonged. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

They have staked the next five years on J.J. McCarthy, which is the only story that really matters here. Getting Still where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.