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New England Patriots
The Patriots let Marks fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.
by EMANPATSFAN ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 7 steals
· 1 reaches
The Patriots spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Woody Marks, the No. 180 name on the board, in pick No. 232.
The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The Muhammad reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 14 they get a home-run threat at receiver at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Colston Loveland at pick No. 38 is money in the bank, a tight end taken below his worth. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They took Aireontae Ersery at par in the 45th pick, which is nothing to complain about. The roster fit checks out.
They let TreVeyon Henderson come to them and pounced at Round 3, Pick 5. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Deone Walker slipping to the Round 3 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jaylin Noel at No. 106 is the proof. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Taking Anthony Belton in slot 144 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Fair-plus on CJ West, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A reach for Jabbar Muhammad in pick 220; a little patience would have been rewarded. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
The board fumbled Woody Marks all the way to pick No. 232, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Joshua Gray in Round 7, Pick 22 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.