B
New England Patriots
The Patriots checked most of the boxes and earned a B.
by Rob ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 1 steals
· 5 reaches
The Patriots treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending pick No. 195 on Chris Tyree a full 59 spots early. More right than wrong, and a B to match.
That Starks pick is the receipt they will wave around later. For all the activity, interior defensive lineman went untouched, which is hard to explain.
It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game.
In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick No. 20 they get a double-digit-sack hope. Exactly the need they had to hit.
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Emery Jones. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They barely believed it either: Malaki Starks still on the board at the 45th overall pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A straight-up fair deal on Elic Ayomanor at pick 52, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
They talked themselves into Earnest Greene III at the 67th pick, and the board did not agree. The roster fit checks out.
They reached into another round for Aireontae Ersery, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Andrew Mukuba at the 131st overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Tahj Brooks at Round 5, Pick 20 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A wild overpay on Chris Tyree in No. 195, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.