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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Devontez Walker Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Devontez Walker
WR North Carolina
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Brennan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NE)
Brennan Jackson
DE-EDGE Washington State
Jha'Quan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Jha'Quan Jackson
WR Tulane
Austin Stogner Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (NE)
Austin Stogner
TE Oklahoma
Evan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (NE)
Evan Williams
S Oregon
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (NE)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
Draft Picks Received
Austin Stogner Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (SEA)
Austin Stogner
TE Oklahoma
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (SEA)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (SEA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
Kenneth Walker III
RB
Players traded away
Head Shot
DeVante Parker
WR
Head Shot
JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
Head Shot
Mac Jones
QB
Head Shot
Rhamondre Stevenson
RB
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall D+
ValueC+ NeedB TradesF FutureB-
Quarterback settled, Maye in the fold, and a D+ for the Patriots.

The war room fell hard for Austin Stogner, and it showed at the 194th pick: 155 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas. Put together, it is a D+.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. Whatever Drake Maye becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Getting Jones where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, interior defensive lineman very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In slot 3 they get their guy under center for the next decade at fair value.
Pick34 Rnd2 Devontez Walker
Devontez Walker in No. 34 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick68 Rnd3 Kiran Amegadjie
Kiran Amegadjie at the Round 3 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick104 Rnd4 DJ James
DJ James at Round 4, Pick 4 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick136 Rnd4 Brennan Jackson
A reach on Brennan Jackson in the 136th overall pick; the board had better options right there. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick182 Rnd6 Jha'Quan Jackson
Jha'Quan Jackson at pick 182 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick194 Rnd6 Austin Stogner
This one needs a full-page explanation: Austin Stogner in the Round 6 slot, miles early. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick229 Rnd7 Evan Williams
They paid up for Evan Williams at slot 229 when waiting would have done the job. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick233 Rnd7 Elijah Jones
They will replay Elijah Jones at the 233rd pick for years; that is how good the value is. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.