B-
New England Patriots
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Patriots and Moore: B-.
by Pats Hopeful ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 10 picks
· 4 steals
· 4 reaches
You could see the war room lean forward. Rod Moore at No. 223 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did.
Reaching for Jones Jr. left real value on the table behind him. A whole weekend of picks and edge rusher is somehow still a want.
Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the Round 1 slot they get a plug-and-play piece up front, reach and all. A real need, handled.
Circle this one: Luther Burden III at slot 38 is a fall that decides a draft. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
T.J. Sanders at the 39th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A wild overpay on Elic Ayomanor in pick 70, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Donovan Jackson at the 80th pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Maxwell Hairston at pick No. 106 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Emery Jones Jr. in No. 141, miles early. It fills a real need, too.
Jake Briningstool at Round 7, Pick 7 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the tight end. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
A safety of that caliber at pick No. 223 is the definition of value, full stop. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Steal is underselling it; Jake Slaughter at the 235th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
