PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C

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New England Patriots

A costly weekend of dealing drags the Patriots to a C.

by Yves · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 3 steals · 7 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Patriots did exactly that with Nick Nash in Round 4, Pick 5. The final tally is a middling C.

That is a running back worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. Leaving safety unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

The verdict is a shrug for now, with the swing picks left to write the real ending.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.2 · Pick 34 · Aireontae Ersery · OT · rank 55
Aireontae Ersery at the Round 2 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Derrick Harmon · DT · rank 33
Nothing to complain about; Derrick Harmon went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.1 · Pick 65 · Jared Ivey · DE-EDGE · rank 81
A premium they did not need to pay, Jared Ivey a notch or two before his time. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Hollin Pierce · OT · rank 113
They left a pile of value on the table to take Hollin Pierce this early at the 70th pick. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 44
You do not let a tight end like Tyler Warren reach slot 72 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · Tez Johnson · WR · rank 96
They paid a round early for Tez Johnson in the 80th overall pick, more than the board wanted. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Nick Nash · QB · rank 251
A big swing on Nick Nash at the 106th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. The roster fit checks out.
R5.3 · Pick 141 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 132
Nice patience on Carson Schwesinger, who had no business lasting to pick No. 141. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R7.7 · Pick 221 · Will Lee III · CB · rank 240
They talked themselves into Will Lee III at Round 7, Pick 7, and the board did not agree. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R7.9 · Pick 223 · Jalen Rivers · OT · rank 329
Jalen Rivers in slot 223 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.21 · Pick 235 · Cam Skattebo · RB · rank 184
The board fumbled Cam Skattebo all the way to the 235th pick, and they scooped it up. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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