PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A

Elijah's draft A

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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
Value A-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

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

R1.28 · Pick 28 · Tate Ratledge · OG · rank 30
In the 28th pick they get a blindside protector. A real need, handled.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Tai Felton · WR · rank 23
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.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · T.J. Sanders · DT · rank 38
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.
R3.30 · Pick 94 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 42
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.
R3.33 · Pick 97 · Tyler Booker · OG · rank 50
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.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 15
Omarion Hampton in pick 105 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 58
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.
R5.4 · Pick 142 · Jake Majors · C · rank 65
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.
R7.6 · Pick 220 · Harold Perkins Jr. · LB · rank 122
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.
R7.10 · Pick 224 · Parker Brailsford · C · rank 135
Parker Brailsford in No. 224 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.27 · Pick 241 · Kevin Winston Jr. · S · rank 206
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.