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Best value of the weekend goes to the Patriots for Barton: D+.

by Jasonmroll14 · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 7 steals · 1 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades F
Future A

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Lander Barton, the No. 137 name on the board, stolen at pick No. 219. A weekend that fought the value and lost, hence the D+.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

The Martin reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 15
No drama and no debate, Tyler Warren went about where he belonged in slot 14. It fills a real need, too.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Walter Nolen · DT · rank 21
Walter Nolen in the 38th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 12
Circle this one: Malaki Starks at pick No. 45 is a fall that decides a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Jalen Royals · WR · rank 63
Good price on Jalen Royals in No. 69, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 73
Nothing to complain about; Jayden Higgins went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Dylan Fairchild · OG · rank 94
Dylan Fairchild slipping to the 105th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.6 · Pick 145 · Jared Wilson · C · rank 108
You do not let an offensive lineman like Jared Wilson reach the Round 5 slot and blink. They did not. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.1 · Pick 219 · Lander Barton · LB · rank 137
They barely believed it either: Lander Barton still on the board at pick 219. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R7.4 · Pick 222 · Ollie Gordon II · RB · rank 174
Ollie Gordon II at No. 222 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.16 · Pick 234 · Seth McLaughlin · C · rank 225
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Seth McLaughlin at the Round 7 slot is the proof. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.22 · Pick 240 · Nick Martin · LB · rank 253
The board had cheaper options than Nick Martin at Round 7, Pick 22, and it noticed. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
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