PATRIOTS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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New England Patriots

More right than wrong for the Patriots, and a B- to prove it.

by Pats Hopeful · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 5 reaches
Value B
Need B-
Trades B
Future B-

The move everyone will second-guess came early. The Patriots reached some 156 spots for Traeshon Holden, and value like that does not grow back. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

Getting Lawson where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain. The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.

Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 5 of 8 of the wish list covered.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.3 · Pick 3 · Travis Hunter · CB · rank 1
In Round 1, Pick 3 they get a potential shutdown corner at fair value.
R2.9 · Pick 41 · Luther Burden III · WR · rank 20
You do not let a wide receiver like Luther Burden III reach pick No. 41 and blink. They did not. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · Ajani Cornelius · OT · rank 106
Ajani Cornelius in No. 80 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R3.19 · Pick 83 · Omarr Norman-Lott · DT · rank 78
Fair-plus on Omarr Norman-Lott, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R3.31 · Pick 95 · Jack Nelson · OT · rank 120
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jack Nelson. The roster fit checks out.
R3.37 · Pick 101 · Elic Ayomanor · WR · rank 98
Good price on Elic Ayomanor in the 101st pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R4.5 · Pick 106 · Gunnar Helm · TE · rank 72
Somehow Gunnar Helm was still sitting there in the 106th overall pick, and they pounced on premier tight end value. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.3 · Pick 141 · Deontae Lawson · LB · rank 84
Deontae Lawson in pick 141 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R6.19 · Pick 194 · Ar'maj Reed-Adams · OG · rank 206
A conviction pick on Ar'maj Reed-Adams at the Round 6 slot that the board grades a round light. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R7.7 · Pick 221 · Jordan Hancock · S · rank 198
The board fumbled Jordan Hancock all the way to pick No. 221, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.9 · Pick 223 · Kaden Prather · WR · rank 241
They left a pile of value on the table to take Kaden Prather this early at Round 7, Pick 9. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.21 · Pick 235 · Traeshon Holden · WR · rank 391
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Traeshon Holden well ahead of where he belonged. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
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