B-
New England Patriots
The Patriots kept it disciplined and banked a B-.
by Dpilon1973 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 1 steals
· 5 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Shilo Sanders at slot 143 will need to, sitting 95 spots clear of his grade. The bottom line is a respectable B-.
Getting Campbell where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.
They reloaded the coverage unit in bulk.
Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 4 they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value.
Tate Ratledge at No. 38 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
They liked Donovan Jackson enough to skip the value, taking him in pick 69. A need, and now a little less of one.
Jihaad Campbell in the 77th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It adds depth where they could use a little.
David Bailey at the 104th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Shilo Sanders this early at slot 143. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They reached into another round for Jimmy Horn Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They paid sticker price for Donovan Edwards in the Round 7 slot, and that is fine. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Will Sheppard at pick 238 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.