D
New England Patriots
The Patriots cashed the board's mistake on Restrepo: D.
by ninertide813 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 8 picks
· 7 steals
· 0 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Xavier Restrepo slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at the Round 7 slot. Highway robbery. The process wobbled, and the D is where it lands.
The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.
Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and edge rusher is still a hole.
Pick-by-Pick
In Round 1, Pick 3 they get a three-down runner. A clean fit for the roster.
Travis Hunter in pick No. 41 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Cam Ward at No. 72 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Colston Loveland in pick 108 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The roster fit checks out.
Jason Marshall Jr. at the 144th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Taking Quinshon Judkins in slot 160 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A wide receiver of that caliber at the 218th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They will replay Jaxson Dart at the Round 7 slot for years; that is how good the value is. It patches a soft spot without any drama.