PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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New England Patriots

The steal of the weekend belongs to the Patriots and Barton: B+.

by DB0AT · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 8 steals · 2 reaches
Value B+
Need B+
Trades C+
Future A

The best pick of the weekend was also the simplest. The Patriots watched Lander Barton slide 104 picks past his grade and did not hesitate.

For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. The cost of the Johnson reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Mason Graham · DT · rank 6
In the 14th pick they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 18
Steal is underselling it; Malaki Starks at No. 38 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 44
No edge and no loss on Tyler Warren in pick 45; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster fit checks out.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Barrett Carter · LB · rank 82
Barrett Carter at the 69th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Tez Johnson · WR · rank 94
They went early on Tez Johnson in pick No. 77, and the value did not follow. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Jake Majors · C · rank 93
Jake Majors at Round 4, Pick 4 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.6 · Pick 143 · Cam Skattebo · RB · rank 113
Circle this one: Cam Skattebo at slot 143 is a fall that decides a draft. It fills a real need, too.
R7.1 · Pick 217 · Xavier Nwankpa · S · rank 190
The board fumbled Xavier Nwankpa all the way to the Round 7 slot, and they scooped it up. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Raheim Sanders · RB · rank 147
Taking Raheim Sanders in pick No. 220 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.16 · Pick 232 · Lander Barton · LB · rank 128
A linebacker of that caliber at Round 7, Pick 16 is the definition of value, full stop. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
R7.25 · Pick 241 · Jonah Monheim · C · rank 212
They will replay Jonah Monheim at slot 241 for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
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