WINNERS

Patriots

Sorry Jets fans, but Bill Belichick did it again. California RB Shane Vereen gives Tom Brady a playmaker and DB Ras-I Dowling teams with Devin McCourty to give NE a pair of heady corners.

Buccaneers

Tampa Bay got Iowa DE Adrian Clayborn in the first round and Clemson DE Da’Quan Bowers in the second round.

NFL DRAFT: ALL THE PICKS

LOSERS

Seahawks

Seattle reached in the first round with Alabama OT James Carpenter, and they reached in the second with Wisconsin OL John Moffitt.

Raiders

Oakland traded with New England, never a good idea, to take LSU OT Joseph Barksdale. Penn State center Stefen Wisniewski will never be as good as his uncle and Miami DB DeMarcus Van Dyke is another speed player that Al Davis couldn’t resist.

BEST PICK

The Patriots get QB Ryan Mallett with the 74th pick. He gets tutored by one of the best quarterbacks of all-time in Tom Brady. Not fair.

WORST PICK

Every time we saw Oregon State in a big game, we couldn’t find DT Stephen Paea. Surely couldn’t see the Bears taking him in the second round.

MIXED SIGNALS

After listening to Jim Harbaugh talk glowingly about Alex Smith, the 49ers trade up to draft Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick.

BEST PLAYER STILL AVAILABLE

Clearly the news that TCU OT Marcus Cotton has a treatable form of cancer dropped him out of the second day. His health, of course, is paramount. Surely worth a fourth-round pick.