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The Patriots robbed the room for Strong. Final grade: A.

by Sean Romiza · 2025 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 6 steals · 1 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Dorian Strong, Round 7, Pick 1, roughly 45 picks past where he belonged.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Greene III reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.

Pick-by-Pick

R3.5 · Pick 69 · Xavier Watts · S · rank 46
Steal is underselling it; Xavier Watts at Round 3, Pick 5 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 67
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Deone Walker at No. 77. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.33 · Pick 97 · Savion Williams · WR · rank 98
They paid sticker price for Savion Williams in slot 97, and that is fine. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Jake Majors · C · rank 107
A straight-up fair deal on Jake Majors at pick 105, value and slot in agreement. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.6 · Pick 145 · Earnest Greene III · OT · rank 160
A reach on Earnest Greene III in the 145th overall pick; the board had better options right there. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.32 · Pick 171 · Pat Bryant · WR · rank 147
Taking Pat Bryant in the Round 5 slot is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R6.28 · Pick 206 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 185
A wide receiver of that caliber at the 206th pick is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.1 · Pick 219 · Dorian Strong · CB · rank 174
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Dorian Strong in pick No. 219, plain and simple. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R7.4 · Pick 222 · Craig Woodson · S · rank 211
A tidy bit of business in the 222nd overall pick, where Craig Woodson graded well above the range. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.22 · Pick 240 · Miles Frazier · OG · rank 243
Miles Frazier in No. 240 is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
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