PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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2/28/25 No.1 B-

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New England Patriots

A sensible, unshowy class lands the Patriots a B-.

by Kal · 2025 NFL Draft · 9 picks · 2 steals · 2 reaches
Value B-
Need B+
Trades B-
Future B-

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 Willie Lampkin in slot 145. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B-.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Getting White III where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Mason Graham · DT · rank 4
In pick No. 4 they get a pocket-collapsing interior rusher at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 40
They paid sticker price for Jihaad Campbell in the 38th overall pick, and that is fine. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Ozzy Trapilo · OT · rank 91
Ozzy Trapilo in slot 69 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 73
Jayden Higgins in pick 77 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Cam Skattebo · RB · rank 105
Cam Skattebo at Round 4, Pick 4 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.6 · Pick 145 · Willie Lampkin · OG · rank 174
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Willie Lampkin. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.1 · Pick 219 · R.J. Mickens · S · rank 206
Value with a capital V on R.J. Mickens in slot 219, a genuine coup. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.4 · Pick 222 · Ricky White III · WR · rank 205
Ricky White III at Round 7, Pick 4 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.22 · Pick 240 · Cody Lindenberg · LB · rank 241
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Cody Lindenberg. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
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