The search is over. The Patriots handed the keys to Jayden Daniels, and the whole operation now runs on his development. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it. Getting Clark where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The trade work was a quiet net positive.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

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