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New England Patriots
The Patriots worked the phones like thieves and earned a A-.
by hewdog23 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 11 picks
· 6 steals
· 3 reaches
If confidence were a draft strategy, the Patriots would have aced it. Collin Oliver at the Round 6 slot is 148 spots clear of where he belonged.
If one pick saves this weekend, it is Fitzgerald. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.
A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want.
Bottom line, with Josh Simmons leading the way, this is a class that should pay off fast and rarely be regretted.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 15 they get an anchor for the offensive line. A real need, handled.
They robbed the room for Jalon Walker here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
They paid up for Maxwell Hairston at pick 69 when waiting would have done the job. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Harold Fannin Jr. at the 105th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
They took Joshua Farmer at par in the 116th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They barely believed it either: Luke Kandra still on the board at pick No. 145. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Devin Neal in pick No. 174 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A wild overpay on Collin Oliver in pick 189, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Ryan Fitzgerald in slot 219 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Cody Simon in the 222nd pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A luxury on a unit that was already in good shape.
A conviction pick on Clay Webb at the Round 7 slot that the board grades a round light. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.