B-
New England Patriots
The Patriots cashed the board's mistake on Mondon Jr.: B-.
by dredd ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 3 steals
· 1 reaches
The phones were a trap the Patriots kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal.
Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Mondon Jr.. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Reaching for Lachey left real value on the table behind him.
The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 7 they get a blindside protector at fair value. A real need, handled.
They let Kevin Winston Jr. come to them and pounced at the 34th pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Jonah Savaiinaea at Round 2, Pick 7 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The roster fit checks out.
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Xavier Restrepo. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
They paid up for Luke Lachey at No. 98 when waiting would have done the job. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
They robbed the room for Smael Mondon Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It adds depth where they could use a little.
A straight-up fair deal on Will Lee III at the 194th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.