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Draft Selections
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (NE)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Jared Verse Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Jared Verse
DE-EDGE Florida State
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (NE)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Brenden Rice Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Brenden Rice
WR USC
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (NE)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (NE)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Dominick Puni Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
Dominick Puni
OT Kansas
Javon Solomon Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (NE)
Javon Solomon
OLB-EDGE Troy
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NE)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (NE)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (NE)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NE)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Michael Barrett Head Shot
PICK: 182 RND: 6 (NE)
Michael Barrett
LB Michigan
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (NE)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (NE)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Draft Picks Received
Bo Nix Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (PHI)
Bo Nix
QB Oregon
Xavier Legette Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (PIT)
Xavier Legette
WR South Carolina
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (IND)
Cade Stover
TE-EDGE Ohio State
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (BUF)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Javon Solomon Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (IND)
Javon Solomon
OLB-EDGE Troy
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (PHI)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Jaylen Wright Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (BUF)
Jaylen Wright
RB Tennessee
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (PHI)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (IND)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LV)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Joe Alt Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (LV)
Joe Alt
OT Notre Dame
Players Gained
Head Shot
Kyron Brown
CB
Head Shot
Fletcher Cox
DT
Head Shot
Josh Jacobs
RB
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall A-
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureA
The Patriots bet the future on Nix. The board says A-.

The search is over. The Patriots handed the keys to Bo Nix, and the whole operation now runs on his development.

Reaching for Rouse left real value on the table behind him. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.

However the rest shakes out, Jones at that price is a win they earned. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

The Patriots indulged a want in Stover while a need in interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots stayed open.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Bo Nix and all.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Bo Nix
They paid sticker price for Bo Nix in No. 22, and that is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick34 Rnd2 Jared Verse
You do not let an edge rusher like Jared Verse reach pick 34 and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick52 Rnd2 Xavier Legette
They read the board right and Xavier Legette was the payoff at Round 2, Pick 20. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick68 Rnd3 Brenden Rice
Brenden Rice at pick No. 68 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick82 Rnd3 Cade Stover
A curious use of the Round 3 slot. Interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots needed the pick; a TE-EDGE in Cade Stover did not.
Pick99 Rnd3 Maason Smith
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Maason Smith adds a DT-EDGE and leaves interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots untouched.
Pick104 Rnd4 Dominick Puni
Dominick Puni in the 104th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick118 Rnd4 Javon Solomon
Of all the spots to shop, they chose OLB-EDGE. Javon Solomon in slot 118 leaves interior defensive lineman, safety and other spots for later.
Pick136 Rnd4 Kamal Hadden
By-the-book stuff, Kamal Hadden at pick No. 136 squarely in line with his ranking. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick160 Rnd5 Jaylin Simpson
Jaylin Simpson at the 160th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick162 Rnd5 Jaylen Wright
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jaylen Wright. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick171 Rnd5 Khristian Boyd
Nice patience on Khristian Boyd, who had no business lasting to slot 171. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick182 Rnd6 Michael Barrett
Michael Barrett in Round 6, Pick 7 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick229 Rnd7 Christian Jones
Christian Jones at the 229th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick232 Rnd7 Walter Rouse
Walter Rouse at No. 232 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.