B+
New England Patriots
Nobody dealt better than the Patriots this weekend: B+.
by Rob ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 6 picks
· 5 steals
· 1 reaches
Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Lorenzo Styles Jr. at pick 194 is 216 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. It nets out to a B+, which feels about right.
Getting Judkins where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.
That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The veteran additions, Joe Alt chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.
A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.
Pick-by-Pick
Circle this one: Malaki Starks at slot 34 is a fall that decides a draft. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Kenneth Grant at Round 2, Pick 30 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, Colston Loveland in the Round 3 slot, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
They will replay Quinshon Judkins at the 124th pick for years; that is how good the value is. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
The board fumbled Sonny Styles all the way to pick No. 130, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
They reached into another round for Lorenzo Styles Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.