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Draft Selections
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (NE)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (NE)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (NE)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Bucky Irving Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Bucky Irving
RB Oregon
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (NE)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (NE)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Draft Picks Received
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (JAX)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (JAX)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Keon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (LAC)
Keon Coleman
WR Florida State
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (JAX)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (LAC)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (LAC)
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Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ARI)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Ray Davis Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (LAC)
Ray Davis
RB Kentucky
Players Gained
Head Shot
Davante Adams
WR
Head Shot
Poona Ford
DT
Head Shot
Luke Fortner
C
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A-
ValueA- NeedB- TradesA+ FutureA
McCormick should have been long gone. The Patriots pounced, and earned a A-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Mason McCormick had no business being available in No. 193, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card. They executed a plan and it shows in the A-.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own.

In the end it comes back to Joe Alt, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Joe Alt
In pick No. 17 they get a building block for the line at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick34 Rnd2 Bo Nix
Bo Nix at the Round 2 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick48 Rnd2 Cooper DeJean
They barely believed it either: Cooper DeJean still on the board at No. 48. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick69 Rnd3 Keon Coleman
Keon Coleman at Round 3, Pick 5 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick71 Rnd3 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
A clean, defensible pick in pick 71 with a little surplus value in Jeremiah Trotter Jr.. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick103 Rnd4 Bucky Irving
They read the board right and Bucky Irving was the payoff at the 103rd overall pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick137 Rnd5 Chau Smith-Wade
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Chau Smith-Wade at the 137th pick is the proof. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick180 Rnd6 Luke McCaffrey
Taking Luke McCaffrey in slot 180 is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick193 Rnd6 Mason McCormick
They robbed the room for Mason McCormick here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick212 Rnd6 Jordan Travis
Circle this one: Jordan Travis at the Round 6 slot is a fall that decides a draft. It fills a real need, too.
Pick231 Rnd7 Johnny Dixon
A cornerback of that caliber at Round 7, Pick 11 is the definition of value, full stop. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.