PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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New England Patriots

The Patriots won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B.

by Rob · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 0 steals · 11 reaches
Value D
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

It is the swing that defines the weekend: Anthony Belton in Round 5, Pick 1, a good 104 spots before the room expected him.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

The Patriots clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before. Edge rusher was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Abdul Carter · DE-EDGE · rank 50
In No. 24 they get a double-digit-sack hope, though the board says they badly overpaid. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.20 · Pick 52 · Colston Loveland · TE · rank 65
A reach on Colston Loveland in the Round 2 slot; the board had better options right there. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 111
They talked themselves into Tyler Warren at Round 3, Pick 3, and the board did not agree. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.33 · Pick 97 · Derrick Harmon · DT · rank 126
Derrick Harmon at pick 97 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.2 · Pick 103 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 128
Jihaad Campbell at slot 103 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R4.11 · Pick 112 · LT Overton · DE-EDGE · rank 160
They reached a country mile for LT Overton at pick No. 112, and the board is aghast. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.1 · Pick 139 · Anthony Belton · OT · rank 243
Anthony Belton in slot 139 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.10 · Pick 148 · Lathan Ransom · S · rank 149
A straight-up fair deal on Lathan Ransom at the 148th pick, value and slot in agreement. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.3 · Pick 217 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 279
Jayden Higgins at Round 7, Pick 3 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.6 · Pick 220 · Kaden Prather · WR · rank 257
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Kaden Prather well ahead of where he belonged. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.21 · Pick 235 · Dont'e Thornton Jr. · WR · rank 287
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Dont'e Thornton Jr.. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R7.27 · Pick 241 · Jaylin Noel · WR · rank 321
A wild overpay on Jaylin Noel in No. 241, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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