GBAKER02'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Will Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Will Campbell
OT LSU
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Patriots.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Patriots did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to edge rusher, which was the need that mattered most. It nets out to a B-, which feels about right.

On value alone, Burden III makes the weekend a net positive. On the needs board they went 2 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Will Campbell
In No. 4 they get protection for the quarterback. A real need, handled.
Pick38 Rnd2 Luther Burden III
Value with a capital V on Luther Burden III in the Round 2 slot, a genuine coup. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.