PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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New England Patriots

The Patriots bled value on every deal, hence the C+.

by Yves · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 4 steals · 8 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades D-
Future A+

There is reaching, and then there is Nick Nash at No. 126. The Patriots jumped the board by 125 and dared it to prove them wrong.

On value alone, Arroyo makes the weekend a net positive. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

Not a disaster, not a triumph, just a middling class.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · Will Campbell · OT · rank 15
In slot 13 they get a long-term starter on the line at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Tyler Booker · OG · rank 37
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tyler Booker. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Shemar Stewart · DL-EDGE · rank 51
They liked Shemar Stewart enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 2 slot. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Maxwell Hairston · CB · rank 100
Maxwell Hairston in pick 79 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R3.25 · Pick 89 · Antwaun Powell-Ryland · DL-EDGE · rank 158
Value said wait; Antwaun Powell-Ryland in the 89th pick says they were not listening. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Tez Johnson · WR · rank 96
A slide stopped in the 106th overall pick, with Tez Johnson worth more than the price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.25 · Pick 126 · Nick Nash · QB · rank 251
Nick Nash in pick 126 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.3 · Pick 141 · Ja'Corey Brooks · WR · rank 208
Ja'Corey Brooks at the Round 5 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.11 · Pick 149 · Nohl Williams · CB · rank 250
A real head-scratcher, Nohl Williams in Round 5, Pick 11 is miles ahead of his ranking. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
R5.12 · Pick 150 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 132
You do not let a linebacker like Carson Schwesinger reach No. 150 and blink. They did not. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R5.26 · Pick 164 · Anthony Belton · OT · rank 256
They reached a country mile for Anthony Belton at the 164th pick, and the board is aghast. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.7 · Pick 221 · Jalen Rivers · OT · rank 329
A wild overpay on Jalen Rivers in pick No. 221, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R7.9 · Pick 223 · Cam Skattebo · RB · rank 184
They will replay Cam Skattebo at slot 223 for years; that is how good the value is. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.21 · Pick 235 · Elijah Arroyo · TE · rank 187
Elijah Arroyo in the 235th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It fills a real need, too.
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