D-
New England Patriots
The Patriots let Singleton fall into their laps, and walked away with a D-.
by Jasonmroll14 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 17 picks
· 6 steals
· 9 reaches
Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Patriots spent the 108th overall pick on Emery Jones Jr., a name the board had a full 78 spots lower.
Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Singleton. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong.
If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.
It is a steep hill from here, and the grade knows it.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 7th overall pick they get a No. 1 receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
In pick 14 they get a double-digit-sack hope at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
A real head-scratcher, Aireontae Ersery in pick No. 38 is miles ahead of his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Deone Walker well ahead of where he belonged. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
You do not let a safety like Malaki Starks reach pick 50 and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Denzel Burke in the Round 2 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
A quiet steal in the 72nd overall pick: Tyler Warren for less than the market said. It fills a real need, too.
Taking Tyler Booker in pick No. 82 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Emery Jones Jr. this early at Round 4, Pick 7. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Circle this one: Danny Stutsman at the 144th pick is a fall that decides a draft. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Jonah Monheim at slot 165 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The roster fit checks out.
Quinshon Judkins at No. 166 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They went early on Rod Moore in pick No. 185, and the value did not follow. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They robbed the room for Nicholas Singleton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Oscar Delp. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Javontez Spraggins at the 236th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Jason Henderson at slot 256 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.