A-
New England Patriots
Best value of the weekend goes to the Patriots for Higgins: A-.
by EMANPATSFAN ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 12 steals
· 0 reaches
The rest of the league will want that one back. Jay Higgins tumbling to the Patriots in the 217th overall pick is a gift they did not have to think twice about. Very little went wrong, and the A- is earned.
The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.
Bottom line, they did the job about as well as it can be done.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 6th overall pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Somehow Mason Graham was still sitting there in pick No. 38, and they pounced on premier interior defensive lineman value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A slide stopped in the Round 2 slot, with Harold Fannin Jr. worth more than the price. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Omarion Hampton at No. 69 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It fills a real need, too.
Nothing to complain about; Andrew Mukuba went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
You do not let a tight end like Tyler Warren reach slot 87 and blink. They did not. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Deone Walker at pick 105 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
The board fumbled Barrett Carter all the way to the 123rd pick, and they scooped it up. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
They robbed the room for Tory Horton here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Smael Mondon Jr. in the 190th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Cam Skattebo in No. 205 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Jay Higgins in the Round 7 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Jordan Hancock in the 220th pick, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They barely believed it either: Seth McLaughlin still on the board at slot 241. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.