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Draft Selections
Sammy Brown Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (NE)
Sammy Brown
LB Clemson
LJ Martin Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (NE)
LJ Martin
RB BYU
DJ McKinney Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (NE)
DJ McKinney
CB Colorado
DeAndre Moore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (NE)
DeAndre Moore Jr.
WR Texas
Princewill Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (NE)
Princewill Umanmielen
LB-EDGE Ole Miss
Daevin Hobbs Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (NE)
Daevin Hobbs
DL Tennessee
Dante Dowdell Head Shot
PICK: 207 RND: 6 (NE)
Dante Dowdell
RB Kentucky
London Humphreys Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (NE)
London Humphreys
WR Georgia
Dylan Lonergan Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (NE)
Dylan Lonergan
QB Boston College
Players Gained
Head Shot
A.J. Brown
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
Kayshon Boutte
WR
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B
ValueC NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Patriots turned the phones into found money: B.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Patriots took LJ Martin a full 36 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. The safety hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Good work on the whole, with safety the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick94 Rnd3 Sammy Brown
Sammy Brown at No. 94 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick125 Rnd4 LJ Martin
A real head-scratcher, LJ Martin in Round 4, Pick 25 is miles ahead of his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick130 Rnd4 DJ McKinney
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on DJ McKinney. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick168 Rnd5 DeAndre Moore Jr.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, DeAndre Moore Jr. well ahead of where he belonged. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick189 Rnd6 Princewill Umanmielen
A premium they did not need to pay, Princewill Umanmielen a notch or two before his time. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick200 Rnd6 Daevin Hobbs
They paid sticker price for Daevin Hobbs in pick 200, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick207 Rnd6 Dante Dowdell
A reach on Dante Dowdell in pick No. 207; the board had better options right there. It fills a real need, too.
Pick209 Rnd6 London Humphreys
They jumped the gun on London Humphreys, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick246 Rnd7 Dylan Lonergan
Dylan Lonergan at No. 246 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.