wcoolers'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • wcoolers DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NE)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (NE)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (NE)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NE)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Ricky White III Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Ricky White III
WR UNLV
Donovan Smith Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Donovan Smith
QB Houston
Draft Picks Received
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (IND)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Shavon Revel Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (IND)
Shavon Revel Jr.
CB East Carolina
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (HOU)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Addison West Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (DAL)
Addison West
OG Western Michigan
Players traded away
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Joe Milton III
QB
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall C+
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureB+
The Patriots lost the trade table, and the C+ tells the story.

Thirty-one other rooms let Colston Loveland slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at the Round 2 slot. Highway robbery. Call it a C+ and check back in two years.

They are betting Oladejo proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. They went 8 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Will Campbell
Will Campbell in pick 14 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick45 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
They will replay Jalon Walker at Round 2, Pick 13 for years; that is how good the value is. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick58 Rnd2 Colston Loveland
You do not let a tight end like Colston Loveland reach the Round 2 slot and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
A clean, defensible pick in Round 3, Pick 5 with a little surplus value in Jalen Royals. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick77 Rnd3 Andrew Mukuba
A straight-up fair deal on Andrew Mukuba at slot 77, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick106 Rnd4 Oluwafemi Oladejo
Oluwafemi Oladejo at pick 106 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick144 Rnd5 Trevor Etienne
By-the-book stuff, Trevor Etienne at the 144th pick squarely in line with his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick171 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
A conviction pick on JJ Pegues at pick No. 171 that the board grades a round light. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick220 Rnd7 Ricky White III
They paid sticker price for Ricky White III in the 220th overall pick, and that is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick238 Rnd7 Donovan Smith
They reached into another round for Donovan Smith, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.