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Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins
DL-EDGE Georgia
Brant Kuithe Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Brant Kuithe
TE Utah
Jordan Hancock Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Jordan Hancock
S Ohio State
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

The Patriots bet big and early on Brant Kuithe, 51 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Neal. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
Kelvin Banks Jr. at slot 4 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick38 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen at the Round 2 slot is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick69 Rnd3 Demetrius Knight Jr.
A quiet steal in pick No. 69: Demetrius Knight Jr. for less than the market said. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick77 Rnd3 Darien Porter
Darien Porter at Round 3, Pick 13 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick106 Rnd4 Devin Neal
Devin Neal at pick 106 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick144 Rnd5 Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins
They reached a country mile for Tyrion Ingram-Dawkins at the 144th overall pick, and the board is aghast. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick217 Rnd7 Brant Kuithe
They left a pile of value on the table to take Brant Kuithe this early at Round 7, Pick 1. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick220 Rnd7 Jordan Hancock
Good price on Jordan Hancock in slot 220, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick238 Rnd7 Hayden Conner
A wild overpay on Hayden Conner in the 238th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The roster fit checks out.