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Trade for Vets screw up on Tackle A-

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New England Patriots

The Patriots worked the phones like thieves and earned a A-.

by Jasonmroll14 · 2025 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 6 steals · 5 reaches
Value B-
Need B
Trades A+
Future A+

The Patriots looked at the value chart, folded it up, and took Tim Smith at the 220th pick regardless, 77 picks early.

Landing Lawson that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Luther Burden III and all.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.25 · Pick 25 · Luther Burden III · WR · rank 20
In pick 25 they get a true top target. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.5 · Pick 37 · Tyler Warren · TE · rank 44
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tyler Warren. The roster fit checks out.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 40
They let Jihaad Campbell come to them and pounced at pick No. 57. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.21 · Pick 85 · Omarr Norman-Lott · DT · rank 76
Omarr Norman-Lott is a better player than the 85th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R4.2 · Pick 103 · Earnest Greene III · OT · rank 155
Earnest Greene III at No. 103 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It fills a real need, too.
R4.4 · Pick 105 · Emery Jones Jr. · OT · rank 177
Value said wait; Emery Jones Jr. in the 105th pick says they were not listening. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R4.20 · Pick 121 · TreVeyon Henderson · RB · rank 61
TreVeyon Henderson at pick 121 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.3 · Pick 140 · Sebastian Castro · S · rank 87
Sebastian Castro at the 140th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.6 · Pick 143 · Deontae Lawson · LB · rank 81
Circle this one: Deontae Lawson at the Round 5 slot is a fall that decides a draft. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
R6.19 · Pick 194 · Rod Moore · S · rank 142
They will replay Rod Moore at pick No. 194 for years; that is how good the value is. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.37 · Pick 212 · Seth McLaughlin · C · rank 207
Seth McLaughlin in Round 6, Pick 37 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.1 · Pick 217 · Jared Wilson · C · rank 211
Jared Wilson in No. 217 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Tim Smith · DL · rank 297
A real head-scratcher, Tim Smith in slot 220 is miles ahead of his ranking. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R7.25 · Pick 241 · Deion Burks · WR · rank 257
A conviction pick on Deion Burks at the 241st pick that the board grades a round light. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.31 · Pick 247 · Oscar Delp · TE · rank 260
A reach for Oscar Delp in slot 247; a little patience would have been rewarded. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
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