PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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New England Patriots

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

by Staximus · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 6 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades F
Future A+

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Luke Lachey, pick 222, roughly 32 picks past where he belonged.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. The cost of the Pegues reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.2 · Pick 34 · Jalon Walker · LB · rank 23
A quiet steal in slot 34: Jalon Walker for less than the market said. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 20
Taking Nick Emmanwori in pick 38 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.1 · Pick 65 · Quinshon Judkins · RB · rank 66
No drama and no debate, Quinshon Judkins went about where he belonged in No. 65. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 68
Jayden Higgins at the 69th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Maxwell Hairston · CB · rank 73
Nothing to complain about; Maxwell Hairston went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Jaylin Noel · WR · rank 96
They let Jaylin Noel come to them and pounced at the Round 4 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R5.6 · Pick 145 · Billy Bowman Jr. · S · rank 116
Circle this one: Billy Bowman Jr. at Round 5, Pick 6 is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · JJ Pegues · DT · rank 176
This one needs a full-page explanation: JJ Pegues in pick No. 150, miles early. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.1 · Pick 219 · Addison West · OG · rank 194
They will replay Addison West at slot 219 for years; that is how good the value is. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.4 · Pick 222 · Luke Lachey · TE · rank 190
You do not let a tight end like Luke Lachey reach the Round 7 slot and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.22 · Pick 240 · Cody Lindenberg · LB · rank 247
Cody Lindenberg in Round 7, Pick 22 is fair value, right on his grade. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
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