PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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The Patriots let Zvada fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

by Hushpuppie13 · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 7 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B-
Trades A
Future B-

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Dominic Zvada, Round 7, Pick 4, roughly 125 picks past where he belonged. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

The cost of the Henderson reach is exactly the players who went right after him. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Will Campbell · OT · rank 15
A conviction pick on Will Campbell at No. 6 that the board grades a round light. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Emeka Egbuka · WR · rank 27
A quiet steal in the Round 2 slot: Emeka Egbuka for less than the market said. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Benjamin Morrison · CB · rank 47
They went early on Benjamin Morrison in the 38th pick, and the value did not follow. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 43
You do not let a tight end like Tyler Warren reach pick No. 69 and blink. They did not. It fills a real need, too.
R3.17 · Pick 81 · Tez Johnson · WR · rank 93
Tez Johnson in pick 81 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.3 · Pick 104 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 60
The board fumbled TreVeyon Henderson all the way to slot 104, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
R4.16 · Pick 117 · Danny Stutsman · LB · rank 85
Danny Stutsman at Round 4, Pick 16 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R5.6 · Pick 143 · Hayden Conner · OG · rank 146
Hayden Conner at the 143rd overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R6.41 · Pick 216 · Xzavier Henderson · WR · rank 245
They left a pile of value on the table to take Xzavier Henderson this early at slot 216. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.1 · Pick 217 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 126
Carson Schwesinger at pick No. 217 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Dominic Zvada · PK · rank 95
Dominic Zvada in pick 220 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Corey Kiner · RB · rank 180
Corey Kiner in the 238th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.