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New England Patriots

The steal of the weekend belongs to the Patriots and Ayomanor: A-.

by daveydaveydavey · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

You build a draft on nights like this. Elic Ayomanor had no business being available in Round 5, Pick 1, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Very little went wrong, and the A- is earned.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. The cost of the Hancock reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.19 · Pick 19 · Wyatt Milum · OT · rank 23
In slot 19 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.1 · Pick 33 · Nic Scourton · DL-EDGE · rank 31
They took Nic Scourton at par in Round 2, Pick 1, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 40
A straight-up fair deal on Tate Ratledge at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 36
Deone Walker at pick No. 43 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.20 · Pick 52 · Josh Conerly Jr. · OT · rank 52
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Josh Conerly Jr.. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Colston Loveland · TE · rank 57
A quiet steal in the 68th pick: Colston Loveland for less than the market said. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.22 · Pick 86 · Jalen Royals · WR · rank 75
A slide stopped in No. 86, with Jalen Royals worth more than the price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.30 · Pick 94 · Andrew Mukuba · S · rank 79
They read the board right and Andrew Mukuba was the payoff at pick 94. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.2 · Pick 103 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 108
Tyler Warren at Round 4, Pick 2 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.24 · Pick 125 · Jordan Hancock · CB · rank 136
Jordan Hancock in No. 125 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R5.1 · Pick 139 · Elic Ayomanor · WR · rank 98
Elic Ayomanor in the 139th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.26 · Pick 164 · Kyle Monangai · RB · rank 161
A tidy little value on Kyle Monangai in pick No. 164, a step better than break-even. The roster fit checks out.
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