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New England Patriots

The steal of the weekend belongs to the Patriots and Gillotte: A-.

by Rob · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 9 steals · 1 reaches
Value A
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: Ashton Gillotte, the No. 35 name on the board, stolen at pick No. 130.

The phones were where this weekend was really won. The cost of the Prather reach is exactly the players who went right after him. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

The Patriots clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Travis Hunter and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Travis Hunter · CB · rank 3
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get a ballhawk on the outside at a price that makes it sweeter. More want than need.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 12
Malaki Starks in pick No. 34 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.2 · Pick 66 · Kenneth Grant · DT · rank 31
Kenneth Grant in the 66th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 26
You do not let a running back like Ashton Jeanty reach slot 67 and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.4 · Pick 68 · Colston Loveland · TE · rank 17
They robbed the room for Colston Loveland here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R4.15 · Pick 111 · Oscar Delp · TE · rank 76
Taking Oscar Delp in the 111th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a tight end that good had no business lasting this long. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R4.23 · Pick 119 · Sonny Styles · S · rank 92
Sonny Styles at No. 119 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.24 · Pick 120 · Aireontae Ersery · OT · rank 119
By-the-book stuff, Aireontae Ersery at pick 120 squarely in line with his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
R5.2 · Pick 130 · Ashton Gillotte · DE-EDGE · rank 35
Ashton Gillotte at the 130th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.4 · Pick 132 · Tre Harris · WR · rank 73
The board fumbled Tre Harris all the way to the Round 5 slot, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.2 · Pick 194 · Kaden Prather · WR · rank 225
Kaden Prather at slot 194 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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