B-
New England Patriots
Good, not great, for the Patriots: B-.
by PONTI ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 0 steals
· 8 reaches
You can hear the double-takes from here. The Patriots took Jimmy Horn Jr. at No. 234, roughly 98 spots before his name belonged. The bottom line is a respectable B-.
The safety hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The trades cost them a sliver of value they did not need to spend.
Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.
Pick-by-Pick
Tyler Warren in the Round 1 slot is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
A big swing on Donovan Ezeiruaku at pick No. 38, well ahead of any board in the building. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They paid up for Isaiah Bond at the 45th pick when waiting would have done the job. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Deone Walker in No. 69 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
The board had cheaper options than Ozzy Trapilo at Round 3, Pick 13, and it noticed. It fills a real need, too.
Jared Wilson at pick 105 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A reach for Bhayshul Tuten in the 145th overall pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Jackson Hawes in No. 219 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Kain Medrano at slot 222 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Jimmy Horn Jr. in pick No. 234 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
A wild overpay on Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson in pick 240, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.