PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A

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New England Patriots

The Patriots cashed the board's mistake on Singleton: A.

by rogerjoung0968 · 2025 NFL Draft · 10 picks · 6 steals · 0 reaches
Value B+
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

You build a draft on nights like this. Nicholas Singleton had no business being available in the Round 7 slot, and the Patriots did the only sane thing and turned in the card. They executed a plan and it shows in the A.

They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.

Derek Stingley Jr. gives the group a proven body among the projects. On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Bottom line, they left the weekend a clearly better team, and they earned every bit of it.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.19 · Pick 19 · Will Campbell · OT · rank 15
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.4 · Pick 36 · Isaiah Bond · WR · rank 32
Fair-plus on Isaiah Bond, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R2.21 · Pick 53 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 44
Tyler Warren slid further than he should have, and slot 53 is lovely value for the tight end. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.3 · Pick 67 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 40
Circle this one: Jihaad Campbell at the 67th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 69
They let Deone Walker come to them and pounced at No. 79. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.2 · Pick 103 · Kaleb Johnson · RB · rank 39
Kaleb Johnson at pick 103 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.1 · Pick 138 · Jake Majors · C · rank 93
They robbed the room for Jake Majors here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.3 · Pick 219 · Nicholas Singleton · RB · rank 100
Nicholas Singleton in the 219th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Terrance Ferguson · TE · rank 216
Terrance Ferguson at No. 220 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · Nick Martin · LB · rank 242
Nick Martin at the 238th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.