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New England Patriots
Larceny in the 171st overall pick lands the Patriots a B, Roberts and all.
by ORRZ04 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
Whoever sat across the table from the Patriots should ask for a receipt. They cleaned the room out, prying loose far more value than they gave up, and it was the quiet MVP of their weekend.
On value alone, Roberts makes the weekend a net positive. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.
Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
Value with a capital V on Caleb Tiernan in pick 63, a genuine coup. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Caden Curry at No. 125 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
De'Zhaun Stribling in the 131st pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Steal is underselling it; Jaeden Roberts at slot 171 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
No drama and no debate, Jalen Stroman went about where he belonged in Round 6, Pick 10. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They went early on Chase Roberts in pick No. 198, and the value did not follow. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Dallen Bentley at the 202nd pick is the proof. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
You do not let a quarterback like Cole Payton reach pick No. 212 and blink. They did not. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Fair-plus on Fa'alili Fa'amoe, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.