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New England Patriots

The Patriots cashed the board's mistake on Ward: A-.

by Rob · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 10 steals · 0 reaches
Value A+
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

Thirty-one other rooms let Cam Ward slide, and the Patriots were the ones holding the card at pick No. 235. Highway robbery. It holds up to a second look, which is why it earns the A-.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. The imported veterans give this class a floor the draft picks could not on their own. Job largely done: edge rusher settled and 8 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Bottom line, with Travis Hunter leading the way, this is a class that should pay off fast and rarely be regretted.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.4 · Pick 36 · Travis Hunter · CB · rank 1
Taking Travis Hunter in the Round 2 slot is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R2.15 · Pick 47 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 3
Ashton Jeanty at No. 47 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Colston Loveland · TE · rank 66
By-the-book stuff, Colston Loveland at pick No. 67 squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
R3.21 · Pick 85 · Malaki Starks · S · rank 10
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Malaki Starks in Round 3, Pick 21, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.29 · Pick 93 · Tyler Booker · OG · rank 38
Tyler Booker in pick 93 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.2 · Pick 103 · Jahdae Barron · S · rank 28
Steal is underselling it; Jahdae Barron at slot 103 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.27 · Pick 128 · Kenneth Grant · DL · rank 81
They barely believed it either: Kenneth Grant still on the board at the 128th overall pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.1 · Pick 139 · Walter Nolen · DT · rank 18
Walter Nolen at the 139th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.3 · Pick 217 · Tre Harris · WR · rank 16
You do not let a wide receiver like Tre Harris reach Round 7, Pick 3 and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.6 · Pick 220 · Josaiah Stewart · DE-EDGE · rank 117
They robbed the room for Josaiah Stewart here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.21 · Pick 235 · Cam Ward · QB · rank 6
Cam Ward in the 235th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
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