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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (NE)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NE)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NE)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NE)
Maason Smith
DT LSU
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Bucky Irving Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (NE)
Bucky Irving
RB Oregon
Chau Smith-Wade Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Chau Smith-Wade
CB Washington State
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (NE)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (JAX)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NYG)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (ARI)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (JAX)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (NYG)
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Draft Picks Traded
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (ATL)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Javontae Jean-Baptiste Head Shot
PICK: 193 RND: 6 (ARI)
Javontae Jean-Baptiste
DE-EDGE Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Zay Jones
WR
Head Shot
Kaleb McGary
OT
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
The Patriots drew a line under the quarterback search with Maye: B+.

The search is over. The Patriots handed the keys to Drake Maye, and the whole operation now runs on his development.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Landing Ford that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In slot 8 they get their guy under center for the next decade. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick17 Rnd1 Taliese Fuaga
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick34 Rnd2 Troy Franklin
Troy Franklin in pick 34 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick68 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
Ja'Lynn Polk at No. 68 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick70 Rnd3 Kiran Amegadjie
Kiran Amegadjie at the 70th overall pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The roster fit checks out.
Pick103 Rnd4 Maason Smith
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Maason Smith. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick104 Rnd4 Mohamed Kamara
A reach for Mohamed Kamara in the 104th pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick137 Rnd5 Bucky Irving
Bucky Irving in Round 5, Pick 1 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick180 Rnd6 Chau Smith-Wade
Good price on Chau Smith-Wade in pick No. 180, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick231 Rnd7 Jaylan Ford
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jaylan Ford at the 231st pick. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.