PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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New England Patriots

The Patriots worked the phones like thieves and earned a B.

by Yves · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 5 steals · 6 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Patriots reached some 142 spots for Anthony Belton, and value like that does not grow back. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

The Watts value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The veteran additions, Will Fries chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Aireontae Ersery · OT · rank 54
In pick 25 they get protection for the quarterback, a steep price for the projection. A real need, handled.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Kenneth Grant · DT · rank 23
A tidy bit of business in Round 2, Pick 6, where Kenneth Grant graded well above the range. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 38
Jihaad Campbell in the Round 2 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 43
Tyler Warren in slot 69 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Xavier Watts · S · rank 48
They barely believed it either: Xavier Watts still on the board at No. 77. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R4.3 · Pick 104 · Anthony Belton · OT · rank 246
Value said wait; Anthony Belton in pick No. 104 says they were not listening. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.6 · Pick 143 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 124
They will replay Carson Schwesinger at pick No. 143 for years; that is how good the value is. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
R7.1 · Pick 217 · Nick Nash · WR · rank 240
A big swing on Nick Nash at slot 217, well ahead of any board in the building. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Nohl Williams · CB · rank 241
Nohl Williams at the 220th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Traeshon Holden · WR · rank 364
Traeshon Holden at pick 238 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.25 · Pick 241 · Jalen Rivers · OT · rank 313
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jalen Rivers. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
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