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Best value of the weekend goes to the Patriots for Singleton: A-.

by Yves · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 7 steals · 5 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B+

The rest of the league will want that one back. Nicholas Singleton tumbling to the Patriots in pick 238 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

Reaching for Rivers left real value on the table behind him. The phones were where this weekend was really won.

That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The veteran additions, Tyler Guyton chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.

In the end it comes back to Tetairoa McMillan, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Tetairoa McMillan · WR · rank 5
Tetairoa McMillan in slot 17 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 17
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Malaki Starks in pick No. 38, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Tyler Booker · OG · rank 37
Tyler Booker at the 44th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 44
Tyler Warren in the 49th pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 39
Circle this one: Jihaad Campbell at the Round 3 slot is a fall that decides a draft. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Tyleik Williams · DT · rank 54
Tyleik Williams in No. 77 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.3 · Pick 104 · Emery Jones Jr. · OT · rank 179
Emery Jones Jr. at Round 4, Pick 3 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.16 · Pick 117 · DeMonte Capehart · DT · rank 153
DeMonte Capehart in pick 117 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.6 · Pick 143 · Maxwell Hairston · CB · rank 97
Maxwell Hairston in the Round 5 slot is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R5.11 · Pick 148 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 132
A slide stopped in No. 148, with Carson Schwesinger worth more than the price. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
R6.16 · Pick 191 · Nick Nash · WR · rank 254
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Nick Nash well ahead of where he belonged. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.1 · Pick 217 · Jalen Rivers · OT · rank 328
They talked themselves into Jalen Rivers at pick 217, and the board did not agree. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Nohl Williams · CB · rank 253
A wild overpay on Nohl Williams in slot 220, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Nicholas Singleton · RB · rank 100
They will replay Nicholas Singleton at pick No. 238 for years; that is how good the value is. The roster fit checks out.