Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Xavier Nwankpa got past him. The Patriots do not have to explain a thing at the Round 6 slot. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

Casey has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

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