PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE A-

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New England Patriots

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

by Pats Hopeful · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 5 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B+
Trades A+
Future A+

The Tyler Batty pick is the one that will follow the Patriots into the fall. They took him 92 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so.

The Lawson steal is the beam this whole class leans on. The phones were where this weekend was really won. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Luther Burden III · WR · rank 20
In pick No. 14 they get a go-to option on the outside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Aireontae Ersery · OT · rank 55
Aireontae Ersery in No. 39 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It fills a real need, too.
R2.11 · Pick 43 · Kenneth Grant · DT · rank 26
Value with a capital V on Kenneth Grant in the 43rd overall pick, a genuine coup. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Ajani Cornelius · OT · rank 106
They talked themselves into Ajani Cornelius at slot 70, and the board did not agree. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Harold Fannin Jr. · TE · rank 35
Taking Harold Fannin Jr. in pick 76 is close to grand larceny; a tight end that good had no business lasting this long. A need, and now a little less of one.
R3.15 · Pick 79 · Denzel Burke · CB · rank 65
Denzel Burke at the Round 3 slot is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · Elic Ayomanor · WR · rank 98
Elic Ayomanor at the Round 3 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Tory Horton · WR · rank 105
Tory Horton in slot 106 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.3 · Pick 141 · Deontae Lawson · LB · rank 84
They will replay Deontae Lawson at pick 141 for years; that is how good the value is. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R7.7 · Pick 221 · Jordan Hancock · S · rank 198
Jordan Hancock in the 221st pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.9 · Pick 223 · Tyler Batty · DE-EDGE · rank 315
They left a pile of value on the table to take Tyler Batty this early at pick No. 223. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R7.21 · Pick 235 · Mitchell Evans · TE · rank 327
Mitchell Evans at the 235th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
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