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New England Patriots

The Patriots fleeced the room on the phones and earned a A-.

by Yves · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 6 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

The Patriots treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 219th overall pick on Traeshon Holden a full 146 spots early. Very little went wrong, and the A- is earned.

The Arroyo value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. The veteran additions, Tyler Smith chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.

In the end it comes back to Wyatt Milum, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · Wyatt Milum · OT · rank 13
In pick No. 13 they get a cornerstone up front. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Donovan Jackson · OT · rank 85
They reached a country mile for Donovan Jackson at Round 2, Pick 4, and the board is aghast. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 17
A safety of that caliber at the 44th pick is the definition of value, full stop. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 44
Tyler Warren in the 67th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 40
Somehow Jihaad Campbell was still sitting there in No. 78, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 69
A quiet steal in pick 81: Deone Walker for less than the market said. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.1 · Pick 138 · Nick Nash · WR · rank 240
Nick Nash at slot 138 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.3 · Pick 140 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 132
Carson Schwesinger at the Round 5 slot is money in the bank, a linebacker taken below his worth. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R5.28 · Pick 165 · Ja'Corey Brooks · WR · rank 199
A real head-scratcher, Ja'Corey Brooks in pick No. 165 is miles ahead of his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.3 · Pick 219 · Traeshon Holden · WR · rank 365
Traeshon Holden in the 219th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Elijah Arroyo · TE · rank 180
They barely believed it either: Elijah Arroyo still on the board at No. 220. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · RJ Harvey · RB · rank 299
RJ Harvey in Round 7, Pick 22 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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