PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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New England Patriots

Sanders should have been long gone. The Patriots pounced, and earned a B.

by flash · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 6 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades C-
Future A

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Raheim Sanders, the No. 174 name on the board, stolen at the 217th overall pick.

With edge rusher, quarterback and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on linebacker is the choice that costs them. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but edge rusher.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Armand Membou · OT · rank 18
In No. 14 they get a long-term starter on the line. A real need, handled.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 27
They let Malaki Starks come to them and pounced at the Round 2 slot. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 39
Jihaad Campbell at pick 45 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Xavier Restrepo · WR · rank 63
Xavier Restrepo in slot 69 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Chris Paul Jr. · LB · rank 81
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending pick No. 77 on Chris Paul Jr. with edge rusher, quarterback and other spots unsolved.
R4.4 · Pick 106 · Jaylin Noel · WR · rank 95
The board had Jaylin Noel higher than the 106th pick, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.6 · Pick 144 · Dorian Strong · CB · rank 120
Circle this one: Dorian Strong at Round 5, Pick 6 is a fall that decides a draft. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R7.1 · Pick 217 · Raheim Sanders · RB · rank 174
Raheim Sanders in the 217th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Woody Marks · RB · rank 191
They barely believed it either: Woody Marks still on the board at Round 7, Pick 4. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.16 · Pick 232 · Jaylin Lane · WR · rank 223
Nice patience on Jaylin Lane, who had no business lasting to pick 232. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Cam Jackson · DT · rank 231
Nothing to complain about; Cam Jackson went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
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