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New England Patriots
The Patriots let Perkins Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: A.
by Elijah ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 10 steals
· 0 reaches
The board owed the Patriots one, and it paid up: Harold Perkins Jr., the No. 122 name on the board, sitting there at the Round 7 slot like a gift left on the doorstep. They executed a plan and it shows in the A.
The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.
Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Tate Ratledge and all.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 28th pick they get a blindside protector. A real need, handled.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Tai Felton at pick No. 36 is the proof. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at No. 68 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Somehow Smael Mondon Jr. was still sitting there in Round 3, Pick 30, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
You do not let an offensive lineman like Tyler Booker reach slot 97 and blink. They did not. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Omarion Hampton in pick 105 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Tyler Warren at the Round 4 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It fills a real need, too.
Taking Jake Majors in the 142nd overall pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. The roster fit checks out.
Harold Perkins Jr. at the 220th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Parker Brailsford in No. 224 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Steal is underselling it; Kevin Winston Jr. at the 241st overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
