PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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New England Patriots

The Patriots won the night they stopped Branch from sliding. Grade: B.

by pj_doucette · 2026 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 9 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Patriots were there to profit. Zachariah Branch, the No. 60 name on the board, should have been long gone before the 125th pick. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Iheanachor has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.31 · Pick 31 · Max Iheanachor · OT · rank 46
In slot 31 they get a building block for the line, even if it was a touch early.
R2.31 · Pick 63 · Gabe Jacas · LB-EDGE · rank 52
Value with a capital V on Gabe Jacas in pick No. 63, a genuine coup. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.31 · Pick 95 · Eli Stowers · TE · rank 53
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, Eli Stowers in the Round 3 slot, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R4.25 · Pick 125 · Zachariah Branch · WR · rank 60
You do not let a wide receiver like Zachariah Branch reach Round 4, Pick 25 and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.31 · Pick 131 · Kamari Ramsey · S · rank 74
Kamari Ramsey in the 131st pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.31 · Pick 171 · Jack Endries · TE · rank 121
Jack Endries in the 171st overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.10 · Pick 191 · Malik Benson · WR · rank 145
The board fumbled Malik Benson all the way to pick 191, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R6.17 · Pick 198 · Keagen Trost · OT · rank 182
Keagen Trost slid further than he should have, and No. 198 is lovely value for the offensive lineman. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.21 · Pick 202 · Jeff Caldwell · WR · rank 189
Jeff Caldwell at Round 6, Pick 21 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.31 · Pick 212 · Anez Cooper · OG · rank 186
Steal is underselling it; Anez Cooper at the Round 6 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It fills a real need, too.
R7.31 · Pick 247 · Miller Moss · QB · rank 250
Miller Moss at pick 247 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
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