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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (NE)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (MIN)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Draft Picks Traded
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (MIN)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (MIN)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (MIN)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesC+ FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Patriots.

Some picks age like wine; Seth McLaughlin at the 106th pick will need to, sitting 58 spots clear of his grade. Good, not great, and the B- says as much.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes. They came away with juice, if not much beef up front.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In pick No. 4 they get a home-run threat at receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick24 Rnd1 Aireontae Ersery
In slot 24 they get an anchor for the offensive line, though the board says they badly overpaid. A real need, handled.
Pick69 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
Ozzy Trapilo in the 69th overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick106 Rnd4 Seth McLaughlin
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Seth McLaughlin well ahead of where he belonged. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.