PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Pats '25 02 B+

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New England Patriots

The Patriots fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.

by Jman · 2025 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 5 steals · 2 reaches
Value B
Need B-
Trades A+
Future B

The Thor Griffith selection is the head-turner. The Patriots reached 60 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B+.

Noel at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. It is not that Porter is a bad player; it is that the Patriots had louder needs to answer first.

They will regret leaving edge rusher for another day if the season turns on it.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.4 · Pick 4 · Travis Hunter · CB · rank 1
In pick No. 4 they get a press-man option on the boundary at fair value.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Aireontae Ersery · OT · rank 48
Aireontae Ersery at the 38th overall pick is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Mason Taylor · TE · rank 78
Mason Taylor at No. 74 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Darien Porter · CB · rank 75
Of all the spots to shop, they chose cornerback. Darien Porter in the 76th pick leaves edge rusher, safety and other spots for later.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Elic Ayomanor · WR · rank 57
Elic Ayomanor at pick 77 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.4 · Pick 106 · Devin Neal · RB · rank 81
Devin Neal in the Round 4 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.7 · Pick 109 · Ozzy Trapilo · OT · rank 85
They barely believed it either: Ozzy Trapilo still on the board at the Round 4 slot. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.30 · Pick 132 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 109
Taking Smael Mondon Jr. in No. 132 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R5.6 · Pick 144 · Jaylin Noel · WR · rank 96
Steal is underselling it; Jaylin Noel at Round 5, Pick 6 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Thor Griffith · DL · rank 298
They reached a country mile for Thor Griffith at the 238th overall pick, and the board is aghast. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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