B+
New England Patriots
The Patriots won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: B+.
by Rob ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 4 steals
· 5 reaches
Some picks age like wine; Chris Tyree at Round 7, Pick 5 will need to, sitting 58 spots clear of his grade.
They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Landing Egbuka that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.
They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
In slot 17 they get a cornerstone up front, outstanding value to boot. A real need, handled.
In No. 30 they get a downhill hitter at safety, and a steal at that. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Emery Jones in pick 35 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
Emeka Egbuka in Round 2, Pick 13 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Xavier Nwankpa. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
They barely believed it either: Mitchell Evans still on the board at the 69th pick. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Aireontae Ersery in pick No. 99 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
They reached into another round for Alfred Collins, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
A real head-scratcher, Andrew Mukuba in slot 131 is miles ahead of his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jasheen Davis this early at the 133rd overall pick. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
They did well to land Tahj Brooks in the Round 6 slot, just ahead of his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
CJ Dippre at the 195th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They talked themselves into Chris Tyree at No. 197, and the board did not agree. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
