Patriots fill holes while trading down...

When you look at what the Patriots drafted while trading down, you see a lot of value from their draft.

Pick 22:

Pick 22 turned into CB Devin McCourty, WR Taylor Price, and TE Aaron Hernandez

Patriots trade down from 22 to 24 to 27, where they draft CB Devin McCourty

For the first drop, Patriots received Third-round pick (No. 90), and drafted WR Taylor Price

For the second drop, Patriots received Fourth-round pick (No. 113), and drafted TE Aaron Hernandez

Pick 47:

Pick 47 turned into ILB Brandon Spikes, P Zoltan Mesko, and Carolina's 2011 second round pick

Patriots trade down 11 spots from 47 to 58, then again from 58 to 62, where they drafted ILB Brandon Spikes

For the first drop, Patriots receive Third-round pick (No. 89), which they traded for 2011 second round pick from Carolina

For the second drop, Patriots receive Fifth-round pick (No. 150), and drafted P Zoltan Mesko

Pick 42:

Patriots traded up from 44 to 42, and drafted TE Rob Gronkowski (filling a big need)

Patriots give up Sixth-round pick (No. 190)

Patriots 2010 Draft

DAY 1

* Traded first-round pick (22) to Denver for first- and fourth-round picks (24, 113).

* Traded first- and fourth-round picks (24, 119) to Dallas for first- and third-round picks (27, 90).

* Drafted Rutgers CB Devin McCourty with first-round pick (27).

DAY 2

* Traded second- and sixth-round picks (44, 190) to Oakland for second-round pick (42).

* Drafted Arizona TE Rob Gronkowski with second-round pick (42).
* Traded second-round pick (47) to Arizona for second- and third-round picks (58, 89).

* Drafted Florida OLB Jermaine Cunningham with second-round pick (53).

* Traded second-round pick (58) to Houston for second- and fifth-round picks (62, 150).

* Drafted Florida ILB Brandon Spikes with second-round pick (58).

* Traded third-round pick (89) to Carolina for 2011 second-round pick.

* Drafted Ohio WR Taylor Price with third-round pick (90).

DAY 3

* Drafted Florida TE Aaron Hernandez with fourth-round pick (113).

* Drafted Michigan P Zoltan Mesko with fifth-round pick (150).

* Drafted NC State C Ted Larsen with sixth-round pick (205).

* Traded seventh-round picks (229, 231) to Washington for seventh-round pick (208).

* Drafted Vanderbilt OT Thomas Welch with seventh-round pick (208).

* Drafted Alabama DE Brandon Deaderick seventh-round pick (247).

* Drafted Georgia DL Kade Weston seventh-round pick (248).

* Drafted Oklahoma State QB Zac Robinson seventh-round pick (250).

UNDRAFTED SIGNEES (so far):
RB Pat Paschall, North Dakota St.
DE Dane Fletcher, Montana St.
S Sergio Brown, Notre Dame
S Ross Ventrone, Villanova
WR Bryan Anderson, Central Michigan
DL Kyle Love, Mississippi St.

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