B+
New England Patriots
Nobody dealt better than the Patriots this weekend: B+.
by PAts ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 2 steals
· 2 reaches
If confidence were a draft strategy, the Patriots would have aced it. Antwaun Powell-Ryland at Round 3, Pick 3 is 94 spots clear of where he belonged. A dependable weekend that grades out a B+.
On value alone, Skattebo makes the weekend a net positive. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. They will regret leaving wide receiver for another day if the season turns on it.
Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Pick-by-Pick
They will replay Tyler Warren at the 38th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Antwaun Powell-Ryland at slot 67 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Deone Walker at pick No. 69 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They reached a country mile for Mello Dotson at Round 3, Pick 13, and the board is aghast. A minor itch, scratched.
No edge and no loss on Jake Majors in the 105th pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They robbed the room for Cam Skattebo here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.