NFL Draft grades 2021: Evaluating the Patriots performance on Day 3

Photo by George Walker/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesDespite trading that pair of fourth-round picks to move up the board and take Alabama DT Christian Barmore on Friday night, the New England Patriots still had plenty of ammo to play with and ended up making at least one pick in every round on Saturday, including a duo of picks in the sixth.

Related note: the next analyst who thinks they’re making a clever joke about how sixth-round picks have worked out OK for the Patriots in the past is getting pistol-whipped.

Since Day 3 of the draft is a bit of a different beast in the sense that most players selected are either depth pieces at best or camp bodies/practice squad candidates, we’re going…