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New England Patriots

The Patriots won the night they stopped Barton from sliding. Grade: A.

by Scobro · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 11 steals · 1 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

Somewhere a general manager is explaining how Lander Barton got past him. The Patriots do not have to explain a thing at slot 238. Very little went wrong, and the A is earned.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. If Belton pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Bottom line, they did the job about as well as it can be done.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Will Campbell · OT · rank 15
Will Campbell in No. 12 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The roster fit checks out.
R1.29 · Pick 29 · Luther Burden III · WR · rank 20
Luther Burden III is a better player than the Round 1 slot suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · T.J. Sanders · DT · rank 27
T.J. Sanders slid further than he should have, and the 36th pick is lovely value for the interior defensive lineman. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.29 · Pick 61 · Colston Loveland · TE · rank 46
The board had Colston Loveland higher than pick 61, and the tight end fell to them anyway. It fills a real need, too.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Benjamin Morrison · CB · rank 47
A cornerback of that caliber at slot 67 is the definition of value, full stop. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R4.2 · Pick 103 · Tez Johnson · WR · rank 94
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Tez Johnson in Round 4, Pick 2. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Jake Majors · C · rank 93
Jake Majors at pick No. 105 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.1 · Pick 138 · Quinshon Judkins · RB · rank 73
Quinshon Judkins at the 138th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.29 · Pick 166 · Barrett Carter · LB · rank 82
Barrett Carter in No. 166 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
R6.2 · Pick 177 · Mason Taylor · TE · rank 99
They robbed the room for Mason Taylor here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.39 · Pick 214 · Seth McLaughlin · C · rank 208
Seth McLaughlin at Round 6, Pick 39 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.3 · Pick 219 · Anthony Belton · OT · rank 254
Anthony Belton at the 219th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Kobe King · LB · rank 125
Kobe King at pick No. 220 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Lander Barton · LB · rank 128
They barely believed it either: Lander Barton still on the board at the Round 7 slot. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
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