PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE F

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New England Patriots

The Patriots let Sampson fall into their laps, and walked away with a F.

by [email protected] · 2025 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 8 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades F
Future C-

The Patriots bet big and early on Mykel Williams, 75 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

The Sampson pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.

Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

In short, a weekend the front office will want to forget in a hurry.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.7 · Pick 7 · Tetairoa McMillan · WR · rank 6
In the Round 1 slot they get a No. 1 receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
R1.13 · Pick 13 · James Pearce Jr. · DE-EDGE · rank 19
In pick 13 they get a problem off the edge at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Aireontae Ersery · OT · rank 82
They reached into another round for Aireontae Ersery, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It fills a real need, too.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Denzel Burke · CB · rank 73
A big swing on Denzel Burke at No. 41, well ahead of any board in the building. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 59
Tyler Warren in No. 53 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Mykel Williams · DE-EDGE · rank 147
A wild overpay on Mykel Williams in pick No. 72, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.22 · Pick 86 · Sonny Styles · S · rank 47
Sonny Styles at the 86th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 121
Deone Walker at Round 3, Pick 23 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.12 · Pick 113 · Jake Majors · C · rank 66
A top-tier offensive lineman at a bargain, Jake Majors in pick 113, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.6 · Pick 144 · Dylan Sampson · RB · rank 53
They robbed the room for Dylan Sampson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.23 · Pick 161 · Keon Sabb · S · rank 99
Circle this one: Keon Sabb at slot 161 is a fall that decides a draft. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.10 · Pick 185 · Davison Igbinosun · CB · rank 201
Davison Igbinosun at the Round 6 slot jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R7.4 · Pick 218 · Ollie Gordon II · RB · rank 142
Ollie Gordon II in the Round 7 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.6 · Pick 220 · Jonah Monheim · C · rank 189
Steal is underselling it; Jonah Monheim at pick No. 220 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.22 · Pick 236 · Barrett Carter · LB · rank 165
Barrett Carter in Round 7, Pick 22 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R7.42 · Pick 256 · Oscar Delp · TE · rank 244
Value with a capital V on Oscar Delp in pick 256, a genuine coup. The roster fit checks out.
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