PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

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ARKA MOCK 7 ROUND A-

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New England Patriots

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

by ARKA · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 4 steals · 4 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Oluwafemi Oladejo, 96 picks early at the 145th overall pick. They executed a plan and it shows in the A-.

They banked enough surplus on Giddens to cover a lot of smaller sins. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.

A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 14
In pick 14 they get a mismatch in the passing game at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 26
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Malaki Starks at the Round 2 slot. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Matthew Golden · WR · rank 43
A straight-up fair deal on Matthew Golden at the 45th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Ozzy Trapilo · OT · rank 92
This one needs a full-page explanation: Ozzy Trapilo in the 69th pick, miles early. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Quinshon Judkins · RB · rank 70
Quinshon Judkins in pick No. 77 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It fills a real need, too.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 87
Steal is underselling it; Carson Schwesinger at No. 105 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R5.6 · Pick 145 · Oluwafemi Oladejo · LB-EDGE · rank 241
A big swing on Oluwafemi Oladejo at the Round 5 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.1 · Pick 219 · Cobee Bryant · CB · rank 186
They will replay Cobee Bryant at the 219th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R7.4 · Pick 222 · Brady Cook · QB · rank 278
A wild overpay on Brady Cook in Round 7, Pick 4, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.16 · Pick 234 · DJ Giddens · RB · rank 176
They barely believed it either: DJ Giddens still on the board at slot 234. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.22 · Pick 240 · Dayon Hayes · DE-EDGE · rank 306
Dayon Hayes at pick 240 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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