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New England Patriots

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

by 2024 · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 10 steals · 0 reaches
Value A-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

You could see the war room lean forward. Donovan Jackson at pick 160 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. The sum of the weekend is a deserved A.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Jahdae Barron and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.23 · Pick 23 · Jahdae Barron · CB · rank 12
In slot 23 they get a ballhawk on the outside, and a steal at that. More want than need.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 26
Malaki Starks is a better player than the 38th pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Matthew Golden · WR · rank 43
Matthew Golden in pick No. 45 is fair value, right on his grade. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Xavier Watts · S · rank 45
Steal is underselling it; Xavier Watts at No. 69 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Alfred Collins · DT · rank 56
They robbed the room for Alfred Collins here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Andrew Mukuba · S · rank 68
They will replay Andrew Mukuba at Round 3, Pick 23 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Gunnar Helm · TE · rank 97
They read the board right and Gunnar Helm was the payoff at the Round 4 slot. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.6 · Pick 145 · Devin Neal · RB · rank 83
Devin Neal at the 145th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.21 · Pick 160 · Donovan Jackson · OT · rank 85
Somehow Donovan Jackson was still sitting there in pick No. 160, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. The roster fit checks out.
R7.1 · Pick 219 · Karene Reid · LB · rank 191
Karene Reid at the Round 7 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R7.4 · Pick 222 · Kobe Hudson · WR · rank 203
A wide receiver of that caliber at No. 222 is the definition of value, full stop. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.22 · Pick 240 · Donovan Smith · QB · rank 239
They took Donovan Smith at par in Round 7, Pick 22, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
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