PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A

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New England Patriots

The Patriots robbed the room for Sanders. Final grade: A.

by Ckl1969 · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 11 steals · 0 reaches
Value A+
Need B
Trades A
Future A+

The Patriots did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and T.J. Sanders fell into Round 7, Pick 1. This is how you run a draft, and the A reflects it.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety. A modest surplus at the table, banked quietly.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.

It is a haul that will look even better come September.

Pick-by-Pick

R2.6 · Pick 38 · Travis Hunter · CB · rank 1
They barely believed it either: Travis Hunter still on the board at slot 38. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Wyatt Milum · OT · rank 13
Wyatt Milum at pick No. 45 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R3.5 · Pick 69 · Tre Harris · WR · rank 26
You do not let a wide receiver like Tre Harris reach Round 3, Pick 5 and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
The board fumbled Ashton Jeanty all the way to No. 77, and they scooped it up. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · Aireontae Ersery · OT · rank 54
Taking Aireontae Ersery in pick 80 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R4.3 · Pick 104 · Harold Fannin Jr. · TE · rank 35
Harold Fannin Jr. in the 104th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It fills a real need, too.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 74
Somehow Jayden Higgins was still sitting there in the 106th overall pick, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.6 · Pick 143 · Josaiah Stewart · DE-EDGE · rank 41
Josaiah Stewart at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R7.1 · Pick 217 · T.J. Sanders · DT · rank 24
Steal is underselling it; T.J. Sanders at Round 7, Pick 1 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Xavier Restrepo · WR · rank 49
Xavier Restrepo in the Round 7 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Alfred Collins · DT · rank 61
Alfred Collins in the 238th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
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