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therealxovi'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 19, 2026

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  • therealxovi DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 31 RND: 1 (NE)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Ja'Kobi Lane Head Shot
PICK: 63 RND: 2 (NE)
Ja'Kobi Lane
WR USC
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (NE)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Isaiah World Head Shot
PICK: 125 RND: 4 (NE)
Isaiah World
OT Oregon
Tanner Koziol Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (NE)
Tanner Koziol
TE Houston
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (NE)
Patrick Payton
DL-EDGE LSU
George Gumbs Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (NE)
George Gumbs Jr.
DE-EDGE Florida
Zxavian Harris Head Shot
PICK: 198 RND: 6 (NE)
Zxavian Harris
DT Ole Miss
John Michael Gyllenborg Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (NE)
John Michael Gyllenborg
TE Wyoming
Noah Whittington Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (NE)
Noah Whittington
RB Oregon
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (NE)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Patriots.

Nobody had Patrick Payton this high, and it is not close. The Patriots reached 81 spots to get him at No. 171.

The Branch value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

On the needs board they went 7 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick31 Rnd1 Dillon Thieneman
In slot 31 they get a centerfielder for the defense. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick63 Rnd2 Ja'Kobi Lane
A real head-scratcher, Ja'Kobi Lane in Round 2, Pick 31 is miles ahead of his ranking. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick95 Rnd3 Zachariah Branch
Circle this one: Zachariah Branch at the Round 3 slot is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick125 Rnd4 Isaiah World
Isaiah World at the 125th pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick131 Rnd4 Tanner Koziol
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Tanner Koziol well ahead of where he belonged. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick171 Rnd5 Patrick Payton
Patrick Payton in pick 171 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick191 Rnd6 George Gumbs Jr.
They reached a country mile for George Gumbs Jr. at pick 191, and the board is aghast. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick198 Rnd6 Zxavian Harris
Zxavian Harris at No. 198 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick202 Rnd6 John Michael Gyllenborg
A wild overpay on John Michael Gyllenborg in pick No. 202, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick212 Rnd6 Noah Whittington
The board had cheaper options than Noah Whittington at Round 6, Pick 31, and it noticed. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick247 Rnd7 Trey Zuhn III
Trey Zuhn III at the 247th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It fills a real need, too.