PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

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New England Patriots

Sanders should have been long gone. The Patriots pounced, and earned a C+.

by Hushpuppie13 · 2025 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 5 steals · 3 reaches
Value C-
Need B
Trades D-
Future A+

Somebody in the 236th overall pick was going to get robbed, and it turned out to be the rest of the league. The Patriots sat still while Raheim Sanders, the No. 153 name on the board, slid all the way to them, then sprinted to the podium. It lands right in the middle: a C+, no more, no less.

The cost of the Johnson reach is exactly the players who went right after him. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong.

The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

If Cameron Williams and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Cameron Williams · OT · rank 30
In slot 12 they get an anchor for the offensive line, though the board says they badly overpaid.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Benjamin Morrison · CB · rank 47
No drama and no debate, Benjamin Morrison went about where he belonged in No. 40. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R2.12 · Pick 44 · Tez Johnson · WR · rank 119
Tez Johnson in the 44th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R3.7 · Pick 71 · Bradyn Swinson · DE · rank 53
A edge rusher of that caliber at pick 71 is the definition of value, full stop. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Luke Kandra · OG · rank 114
A wild overpay on Luke Kandra in the Round 3 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.6 · Pick 107 · Dontay Corleone · DT · rank 105
They took Dontay Corleone at par in pick No. 107, which is nothing to complain about. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.5 · Pick 143 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 113
Circle this one: Smael Mondon Jr. at Round 5, Pick 5 is a fall that decides a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R7.5 · Pick 219 · Elijah Arroyo · TE · rank 195
Elijah Arroyo in the 219th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.8 · Pick 222 · Logan Jones · C · rank 180
They robbed the room for Logan Jones here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R7.22 · Pick 236 · Raheim Sanders · RB · rank 153
Raheim Sanders in No. 236 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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