C
New England Patriots
Best value of the weekend goes to the Patriots for Dart: C.
by Rob ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 26 picks
· 20 steals
· 4 reaches
The Patriots did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Jaxson Dart fell into slot 210.
The Thomas reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere.
The Patriots paired the rookies with proven help, Kolton Miller leading the way.
Hit on Travis Hunter and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a cornerstone up front at fair value. A real need, handled.
In Round 1, Pick 26 they get an island corner at a price that makes it sweeter.
Taking Malaki Starks in the 34th pick is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
They robbed the room for Ashton Jeanty here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, Walter Nolen in the 90th overall pick, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Colston Loveland at slot 98 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Tre Harris at pick No. 130 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They barely believed it either: Ashton Gillotte still on the board at No. 131. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Jahdae Barron in No. 132 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Sonny Styles at pick 133 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Circle this one: Cam Ward at slot 134 is a fall that decides a draft. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Terrance Ferguson at Round 5, Pick 7 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
A premium they did not need to pay, Shemar Turner a notch or two before his time. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
A running back of that caliber at the 137th pick is the definition of value, full stop. A need, and now a little less of one.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Omari Thomas well ahead of where he belonged. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Somehow Deontae Lawson was still sitting there in pick No. 139, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Wyatt Milum in the Round 5 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
The board fumbled Wyatt Milum all the way to pick 141, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
Jaeden Roberts in the 142nd pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Steal is underselling it; Aireontae Ersery at slot 143 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
You do not let an offensive lineman like Dylan Fairchild reach pick No. 146 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
Oscar Delp at the 147th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
A wild overpay on T.J. Sanders in No. 148, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
They will replay Earnest Greene III at Round 5, Pick 21 for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Bryce Foster at pick No. 165 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A need, and now a little less of one.
Somehow Jaxson Dart was still sitting there in slot 210, and they pounced on premier quarterback value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.