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New England Patriots
Mafah should have been long gone. The Patriots pounced, and earned a A.
by bringbackbrady ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 8 steals
· 1 reaches
Thirty-one other rooms let Phil Mafah slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at slot 222. Highway robbery.
The phones were where this weekend was really won. The interior defensive lineman hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Stefon Diggs gives the group a proven body among the projects.
The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 25 they get a home-run threat at receiver, outstanding value to boot. The biggest hole, addressed.
Tyler Warren at the 38th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The roster fit checks out.
Jonah Savaiinaea in the 58th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
No drama and no debate, Kyle Kennard went about where he belonged in Round 3, Pick 5. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Demetrius Knight Jr. at the Round 3 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Ozzy Trapilo at slot 89 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Andrew Mukuba in pick 105 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Taking Emery Jones Jr. in pick No. 145 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. It fills a real need, too.
You do not let a cornerback like Cobee Bryant reach pick No. 219 and blink. They did not. It adds depth where they could use a little.
They robbed the room for Phil Mafah here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
A conviction pick on Logan Parr at the Round 7 slot that the board grades a round light. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
