B
New England Patriots
The Patriots checked most of the boxes and earned a B.
by ian ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 7 picks
· 4 steals
· 2 reaches
The Patriots put a flag in the ground for Charles Grant, 52 picks before anyone else would have, and the value took the hit. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.
Landing Majors that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher.
A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 6 they get a matchup problem out wide. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Value said wait; Charles Grant in the 37th overall pick says they were not listening. It fills a real need, too.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Kenneth Grant at Round 2, Pick 6 is the proof. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Value with a capital V on Dylan Fairchild in No. 69, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They paid a round early for Maxwell Hairston in the Round 3 slot, more than the board wanted. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
They will replay Quinshon Judkins at pick No. 105 for years; that is how good the value is. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Jake Majors at Round 5, Pick 2 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.