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New England Patriots

The Patriots worked the phones like thieves and earned a B.

by Storm · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 6 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Patriots spent the 178th overall pick on J.J. Weaver, a name most had 160 spots down the list.

That is a specialist worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped interior defensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but interior defensive lineman.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Tetairoa McMillan · WR · rank 5
In the 6th pick they get a No. 1 receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 30
Omarion Hampton at Round 2, Pick 5 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The roster fit checks out.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Charles Grant · OT · rank 90
They left a pile of value on the table to take Charles Grant this early at the Round 2 slot. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Xavier Watts · S · rank 46
Taking Xavier Watts in No. 69 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Gunnar Helm · TE · rank 65
Nice patience on Gunnar Helm, who had no business lasting to slot 77. It fills a real need, too.
R4.3 · Pick 104 · Dylan Fairchild · OG · rank 86
Dylan Fairchild in pick 104 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.6 · Pick 143 · Jabbar Muhammad · CB · rank 145
A straight-up fair deal on Jabbar Muhammad at pick No. 143, value and slot in agreement. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R6.3 · Pick 178 · J.J. Weaver · LB-EDGE · rank 338
This one needs a full-page explanation: J.J. Weaver in pick 178, miles early. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Cody Simon · LB · rank 129
A linebacker of that caliber at Round 6, Pick 41 is the definition of value, full stop. A minor itch, scratched.
R7.1 · Pick 217 · Upton Stout · S · rank 188
Upton Stout in the Round 7 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Maxen Hook · S · rank 238
They talked themselves into Maxen Hook at the 220th overall pick, and the board did not agree. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · De'Corian Clark · WR · rank 273
They reached a country mile for De'Corian Clark at slot 238, and the board is aghast. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.35 · Pick 251 · Ryan Fitzgerald · PK · rank 112
Ryan Fitzgerald at the 251st pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R7.38 · Pick 254 · Graham Mertz · QB · rank 311
Value said wait; Graham Mertz in No. 254 says they were not listening. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
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