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New England Patriots

The Patriots won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: A-.

by Yves · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 4 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades A+
Future A+

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Patriots started one anyway for Nick Nash, 102 picks ahead of schedule. This is how you run a draft, and the A- reflects it.

The Arroyo pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck.

The Schwesinger pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at safety, quarterback and other spots. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Mason Graham and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · Mason Graham · DT · rank 7
In the 13th pick they get a run-stuffing presence up front. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.23 · Pick 55 · Jared Ivey · DE-EDGE · rank 79
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jared Ivey well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 44
Tyler Warren at slot 67 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Ajani Cornelius · OT · rank 103
Ajani Cornelius at pick No. 78 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Danny Stutsman · LB · rank 86
Danny Stutsman in Round 3, Pick 15 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R4.1 · Pick 102 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 69
They barely believed it either: Deone Walker still on the board at the 102nd overall pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.2 · Pick 103 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 132
They bypassed pressing needs at safety, quarterback and other spots to take Carson Schwesinger, a linebacker that was not the priority.
R4.33 · Pick 134 · Ja'Corey Brooks · WR · rank 199
They talked themselves into Ja'Corey Brooks at the 134th overall pick, and the board did not agree. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.1 · Pick 138 · Nick Nash · WR · rank 240
They reached a country mile for Nick Nash at the 138th pick, and the board is aghast. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.3 · Pick 219 · Seth McLaughlin · C · rank 201
You do not let an offensive lineman like Seth McLaughlin reach slot 219 and blink. They did not. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Elijah Arroyo · TE · rank 180
They will replay Elijah Arroyo at pick 220 for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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