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NE PATS 25 Better than Ideal Picks D

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New England Patriots

The Patriots got the worse of every deal, and it shows in the D.

by I.Q. · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 4 steals · 8 reaches
Value C-
Need B-
Trades F
Future B-

It is the swing that defines the weekend: Zach Calzada in Round 7, Pick 27, a good 196 spots before the room expected him.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. That Henderson pick is the receipt they will wave around later.

That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and interior defensive lineman is still a hole.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Travis Hunter · CB · rank 1
In pick 4 they get a ballhawk on the outside. Need was not the driver here.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 137
Jayden Higgins at No. 40 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Dylan Fairchild · OG · rank 56
Dylan Fairchild at slot 68 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Jake Majors · C · rank 65
They will replay Jake Majors at the 87th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.8 · Pick 109 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 132
Jihaad Campbell at the 109th pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R4.22 · Pick 123 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 71
TreVeyon Henderson at Round 4, Pick 22 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.4 · Pick 142 · Cobee Bryant · CB · rank 171
Cobee Bryant at slot 142 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R5.12 · Pick 150 · Jake Slaughter · C · rank 223
A big swing on Jake Slaughter at the 150th overall pick, well ahead of any board in the building. The roster fit checks out.
R5.24 · Pick 162 · Jack Bech · WR · rank 166
A straight-up fair deal on Jack Bech at No. 162, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.18 · Pick 193 · Will Sheppard · WR · rank 300
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Will Sheppard well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.6 · Pick 220 · Steven Parker · DE-EDGE · rank 331
This one needs a full-page explanation: Steven Parker in Round 7, Pick 6, miles early. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.10 · Pick 224 · Jimmy Horn Jr. · WR · rank 298
Jimmy Horn Jr. in pick No. 224 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.24 · Pick 238 · Rod Moore · S · rank 207
They barely believed it either: Rod Moore still on the board at the Round 7 slot. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.27 · Pick 241 · Zach Calzada · QB · rank 437
They talked themselves into Zach Calzada at the 241st pick, and the board did not agree. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
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