PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

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New England Patriots

The Patriots worked the phones like thieves and earned a A-.

by gormenghast20 · 2025 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 10 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B-
Trades A+
Future A-

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Patriots took Phillip Webb a full 155 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

Landing Neal that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The Lawson pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at quarterback.

A strong weekend's work, and a rare one to find this little fault with.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Travis Hunter · CB · rank 1
In Round 1, Pick 3 they get an island corner at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
R1.12 · Pick 12 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In the Round 1 slot they get a workhorse for the backfield, and a steal at that.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Josh Simmons · OT · rank 22
Nice patience on Josh Simmons, who had no business lasting to No. 34. The roster fit checks out.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · T.J. Sanders · DT · rank 27
T.J. Sanders at the 36th pick is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.14 · Pick 46 · Harold Fannin Jr. · TE · rank 35
Value with a capital V on Harold Fannin Jr. in the 46th overall pick, a genuine coup. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 40
Steal is underselling it; Jihaad Campbell at slot 67 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Jalen Royals · WR · rank 66
Jalen Royals in the 77th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.22 · Pick 86 · Deontae Lawson · LB · rank 81
A curious use of pick 86. Quarterback needed the pick; a linebacker in Deontae Lawson did not.
R4.2 · Pick 103 · DeMonte Capehart · DT · rank 156
Value said wait; DeMonte Capehart in pick No. 103 says they were not listening. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R5.1 · Pick 138 · Phillip Webb · DL-EDGE · rank 293
They talked themselves into Phillip Webb at No. 138, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.28 · Pick 165 · Devin Neal · RB · rank 83
Devin Neal at slot 165 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.3 · Pick 219 · Elijah Arroyo · TE · rank 186
The board fumbled Elijah Arroyo all the way to the Round 7 slot, and they scooped it up. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Xavier Nwankpa · S · rank 190
Xavier Nwankpa in the 220th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.12 · Pick 228 · Theo Wease Jr. · WR · rank 200
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Theo Wease Jr. in Round 7, Pick 12, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Will Lee III · CB · rank 241
No drama and no debate, Will Lee III went about where he belonged in the Round 7 slot. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
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