PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

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New England Patriots

A masterclass at the trade table lands the Patriots a A-.

by Yves · 2025 NFL Draft · 14 picks · 6 steals · 7 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

The tape said wait; the Patriots did not. Nick Nash went at No. 103, a good 137 picks before the board was ready.

That is a running back worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. The Lawson pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at interior defensive lineman.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through interior defensive lineman.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Josh Conerly Jr. and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.31 · Pick 31 · Josh Conerly Jr. · OT · rank 45
In the 31st pick they get protection for the quarterback, even if it was a touch early.
R2.2 · Pick 34 · Donovan Ezeiruaku · DE-EDGE · rank 75
Donovan Ezeiruaku in pick 34 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Nick Emmanwori · S · rank 17
Circle this one: Nick Emmanwori at the 36th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R2.28 · Pick 60 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 44
Tyler Warren slipping to the Round 2 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Donovan Jackson · OT · rank 86
They reached a country mile for Donovan Jackson at pick No. 67, and the board is aghast. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 40
They robbed the room for Jihaad Campbell here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
R3.29 · Pick 93 · Deontae Lawson · LB · rank 82
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending Round 3, Pick 29 on Deontae Lawson with interior defensive lineman unsolved.
R3.33 · Pick 97 · Tez Johnson · WR · rank 94
Tez Johnson at pick 97 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R4.2 · Pick 103 · Nick Nash · QB · rank 240
Nick Nash in the Round 4 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Blake Miller · OT · rank 150
They left a pile of value on the table to take Blake Miller this early at the 105th pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R4.37 · Pick 138 · Seth McLaughlin · C · rank 202
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Seth McLaughlin. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.5 · Pick 219 · Elijah Arroyo · TE · rank 181
Elijah Arroyo at pick No. 219 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The roster fit checks out.
R7.6 · Pick 220 · Cam Skattebo · RB · rank 178
Cam Skattebo in No. 220 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It fills a real need, too.
R7.24 · Pick 238 · RJ Harvey · RB · rank 300
A real head-scratcher, RJ Harvey in the 238th overall pick is miles ahead of his ranking. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
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