FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots waited 3 1/2 hours to pick nobody in the first round of the NFL draft.

The next two days figure to be a lot busier than anticipated after they sent their first-round choice to the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday night for four picks.

After trading the 29th selection, their next pick is only the 52nd. So there was a chance the Patriots would package some of their additional choices to move up in the second round.

Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio said that if several players they’re interested in remain available as the round progresses, they might wait a while before deciding whether to keep the pick.

But if some of those players are chosen “and then we want to make a move up, we have maybe a little more flexibility to do that,” he said. “So I think we’re open to anything at this point. So we’ll have to see how it unfolds.”

The Patriots obtained picks from the Vikings in the second, third, fourth and seventh rounds this year. Those are the 52nd, 83rd, 102nd and 229th overall. With the Patriots’ pick, the Vikings chose wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson of Tennessee.

The Patriots went into the draft with five picks, the fewest in their history. They had one in each the first, second and third rounds and two in the seventh and final round.

Now they have a total of eight picks — two in the second, two in the third, one in the fourth and three in the seventh.

The Patriots traded a first-round pick for the fifth straight year and left themselves without a first-rounder for the first time since 2009. They had four second-round picks that year, but only one of them, starting tackle Sebastian Vollmer, remains with the team.