PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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New England Patriots

The Patriots let Bassa fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

by Mwc · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 9 steals · 1 reaches
Value A-
Need B
Trades D-
Future A+

The rest of the league will want that one back. Jeffrey Bassa tumbling to the Patriots in pick 222 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it. They will need Henderson to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it.

They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Kelvin Banks Jr. · OT · rank 10
Kelvin Banks Jr. in the 14th pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. A need, and now a little less of one.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Luther Burden III · WR · rank 14
You do not let a wide receiver like Luther Burden III reach No. 38 and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 30
The board fumbled Omarion Hampton all the way to pick No. 69, and they scooped it up. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Alfred Collins · DT · rank 56
Alfred Collins at the Round 3 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · Zy Alexander · CB · rank 59
Circle this one: Zy Alexander at the 80th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Xavier Restrepo · WR · rank 66
Xavier Restrepo in pick 105 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.6 · Pick 145 · Danny Stutsman · LB · rank 90
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Danny Stutsman in slot 145, plain and simple. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R6.13 · Pick 191 · Jackson Slater · OG · rank 147
Somehow Jackson Slater was still sitting there in Round 6, Pick 13, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. It fills a real need, too.
R7.1 · Pick 219 · Jaylen Reed · S · rank 187
Jaylen Reed in pick No. 219 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.4 · Pick 222 · Jeffrey Bassa · LB · rank 131
They will replay Jeffrey Bassa at Round 7, Pick 4 for years; that is how good the value is. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R7.22 · Pick 240 · Xzavier Henderson · WR · rank 255
A reach on Xzavier Henderson in the 240th pick; the board had better options right there. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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