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  • lemon DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
R Mason Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (NE)
R Mason Thomas
DE-EDGE Oklahoma
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (NE)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Patriots did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to interior defensive lineman, which was the need that mattered most.

They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 R Mason Thomas
In the 31st pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick63 Rnd2 Zachariah Branch
A clean, defensible pick in the 63rd overall pick with a little surplus value in Zachariah Branch. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.