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Draft Selections
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NE)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NE)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Ashton Gillotte
DE-EDGE Louisville
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Ben Sauls Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NE)
Ben Sauls
PK Pittsburgh
Cam Horsley Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Cam Horsley
DT Boston College
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
Draft Picks Received
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (IND)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesC- FutureB
Good, not great, for the Patriots: B-.

The Patriots treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 238th pick on Donovan Smith a full 36 spots early. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

The Walker pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice.

On the needs board they went 8 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Tyler Warren
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tyler Warren. It fills a real need, too.
Pick38 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
They took Aireontae Ersery at par in pick 38, which is nothing to complain about. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick45 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
Jalon Walker in No. 45 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick69 Rnd3 Tre Harris
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Tre Harris in the Round 3 slot. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick77 Rnd3 Ashton Gillotte
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ashton Gillotte this early at slot 77. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick106 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. slipping to pick No. 106 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick144 Rnd5 Trevor Etienne
Trevor Etienne at the 144th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick171 Rnd5 Ben Sauls
A tidy little value on Ben Sauls in Round 5, Pick 33, a step better than break-even. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick220 Rnd7 Cam Horsley
Cam Horsley at No. 220 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick238 Rnd7 Donovan Smith
A real head-scratcher, Donovan Smith in the 238th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.