PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

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Best value of the weekend goes to the Patriots for Hunter: A-.

by BBB · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 5 steals · 5 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

You build a draft on nights like this. Jarquez Hunter had no business being available in the Round 7 slot, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Reaching for TeSlaa left real value on the table behind him. It is not that Mondon Jr. is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first.

The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

In the end it comes back to Tyler Warren, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 16
In No. 20 they get a mismatch in the passing game. A real need, handled.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 37
Jihaad Campbell in pick No. 38 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Derrick Harmon · DT · rank 29
Derrick Harmon in the Round 2 slot is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.19 · Pick 51 · Aireontae Ersery · OT · rank 46
Nothing to complain about; Aireontae Ersery went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Ozzy Trapilo · OT · rank 82
Ozzy Trapilo in the 69th pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 69
Jayden Higgins is a better player than pick 77 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.4 · Pick 106 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 110
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went linebacker with Smael Mondon Jr. while clear needs at safety and quarterback sat open.
R4.20 · Pick 122 · Hollin Pierce · OT · rank 137
A conviction pick on Hollin Pierce at slot 122 that the board grades a round light. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.6 · Pick 144 · Jah Joyner · DL-EDGE · rank 158
A reach on Jah Joyner in the 144th pick; the board had better options right there. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R6.32 · Pick 208 · Isaac TeSlaa · WR · rank 234
A wild overpay on Isaac TeSlaa in Round 6, Pick 32, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.1 · Pick 217 · Tahj Brooks · RB · rank 198
Circle this one: Tahj Brooks at No. 217 is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Jarquez Hunter · RB · rank 188
You do not let a running back like Jarquez Hunter reach pick 220 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
R7.16 · Pick 232 · Robert Longerbeam · CB · rank 219
Robert Longerbeam slid further than he should have, and pick No. 232 is lovely value for the cornerback. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Zeek Biggers · DT · rank 248
They liked Zeek Biggers enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 7 slot. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
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