PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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New England Patriots

A sensible, unshowy class lands the Patriots a B+.

by Not · 2025 NFL Draft · 11 picks · 4 steals · 4 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades B
Future A

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Patriots shredded theirs for Donovan Smith. He came off 35 spots early, and the room will hear about it. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B+.

The Mickens steal is the beam this whole class leans on. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

Good work on the whole, with interior defensive lineman the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Kelvin Banks Jr. · OT · rank 7
Kelvin Banks Jr. at the Round 1 slot nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It fills a real need, too.
R1.19 · Pick 19 · Tetairoa McMillan · WR · rank 10
Tetairoa McMillan slid further than he should have, and pick 19 is lovely value for the wide receiver. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R2.22 · Pick 54 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 68
Jayden Higgins in Round 2, Pick 22 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.13 · Pick 77 · Devin Neal · RB · rank 80
Devin Neal at the 77th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Dylan Fairchild · OG · rank 103
A conviction pick on Dylan Fairchild at the 87th overall pick that the board grades a round light. A need, and now a little less of one.
R4.4 · Pick 106 · Terrance Ferguson · TE · rank 113
They took Terrance Ferguson at par in pick No. 106, which is nothing to complain about. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R5.6 · Pick 144 · Antwaun Powell-Ryland · DL-EDGE · rank 155
They went early on Antwaun Powell-Ryland in the Round 5 slot, and the value did not follow. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R7.1 · Pick 217 · Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson · OT · rank 197
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson in No. 217 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Donovan Smith · QB · rank 255
A wild overpay on Donovan Smith in pick No. 220, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.22 · Pick 238 · R.J. Mickens · S · rank 210
The board fumbled R.J. Mickens all the way to Round 7, Pick 22, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.34 · Pick 250 · Jamon Dumas-Johnson · LB · rank 228
Jamon Dumas-Johnson in the 250th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
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