PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE F

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NE PATS 25 Final F

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New England Patriots

The Patriots reached for Dillworth and never recovered. Grade: F.

by I.Q. · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 4 steals · 10 reaches
Value D-
Need B
Trades F
Future B

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Patriots started one anyway for Rara Dillworth, 258 picks ahead of schedule. About as rough as the board gets, and a F to prove it.

The Henderson steal is the beam this whole class leans on. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose.

A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

About as rough as a weekend gets on paper, with interior defensive lineman still staring back at them.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.13 · Pick 13 · Luther Burden III · WR · rank 32
In slot 13 they get a weapon on the perimeter, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Dylan Fairchild · OG · rank 56
They went early on Dylan Fairchild in the 41st overall pick, and the value did not follow. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.10 · Pick 42 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 137
Jayden Higgins in the 42nd pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.8 · Pick 72 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 19
Malaki Starks at No. 72 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.14 · Pick 78 · Jake Majors · C · rank 65
A tidy bit of business in pick 78, where Jake Majors graded well above the range. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.22 · Pick 86 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 132
Value said wait; Jihaad Campbell in pick No. 86 says they were not listening. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R4.7 · Pick 108 · Daylen Everette · CB · rank 176
A big swing on Daylen Everette at Round 4, Pick 7, well ahead of any board in the building. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R5.9 · Pick 147 · Jake Slaughter · C · rank 223
Jake Slaughter in the 147th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.12 · Pick 150 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 71
TreVeyon Henderson at the Round 5 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
R5.32 · Pick 170 · Will Sheppard · WR · rank 300
Will Sheppard at pick No. 170 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.4 · Pick 218 · Jimmy Horn Jr. · WR · rank 298
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jimmy Horn Jr. in No. 218, miles early. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.9 · Pick 223 · Donovan Jackson · OG · rank 178
The board fumbled Donovan Jackson all the way to the 223rd overall pick, and they scooped it up. A need, and now a little less of one.
R7.19 · Pick 233 · Garrett Greene · QB · rank 322
They talked themselves into Garrett Greene at slot 233, and the board did not agree. The roster fit checks out.
R7.30 · Pick 244 · Rara Dillworth · LB-EDGE · rank 502
Rara Dillworth at pick 244 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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