B
New England Patriots
The Patriots turned the phones into found money: B.
by Rob ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 9 picks
· 2 steals
· 6 reaches
Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Patriots spent pick No. 194 on DeMonte Capehart, a name the board had a full 79 spots lower. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.
They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Landing Delp that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.
Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.
Pick-by-Pick
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Xavier Nwankpa. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Quincy Riley in pick 54 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A minor need, but a need all the same.
They reached into another round for Sonny Styles, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
They read the board right and Isaiah Bond was the payoff at pick No. 56. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Value with a capital V on Oscar Delp in slot 88, a genuine coup. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
A wild overpay on Aireontae Ersery in the 92nd overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
They reached a country mile for Damien Martinez at pick 98, and the board is aghast. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
CJ Daniels in pick No. 124 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
DeMonte Capehart at Round 7, Pick 2 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.