B
New England Patriots
Best value of the weekend goes to the Patriots for Ward: B.
by jim D ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 10 steals
· 0 reaches
The rest of the league will want that one back. Cam Ward tumbling to the Patriots in the 240th overall pick is a gift they did not have to think twice about. A dependable weekend that grades out a B.
The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They left with edge rusher solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.
All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but safety.
Pick-by-Pick
Travis Hunter at the Round 1 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A minor need, but a need all the same.
They did well to land Armand Membou in No. 38, just ahead of his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
They will replay Tre Harris at Round 3, Pick 5 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Kenneth Grant reach pick No. 91 and blink. They did not. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Ashton Jeanty at the 105th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jihaad Campbell in slot 128, plain and simple. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Circle this one: Wyatt Milum at the 145th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Josaiah Stewart at pick 185 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
They robbed the room for Jahdae Barron here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Aireontae Ersery in the 222nd overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Cam Ward in Round 7, Pick 22 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
The board fumbled T.J. Sanders all the way to pick No. 245, and they scooped it up. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
