Jinx'S MOCK DRAFT
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Jinx'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 30, 2025

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  • Jinx DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
J.J. Weaver Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
J.J. Weaver
LB-EDGE Kentucky
Teddye Buchanan Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Teddye Buchanan
LB California
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots checked most of the boxes and earned a B-.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Patriots took J.J. Weaver at No. 220, roughly 163 spots before his name belonged. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

For all the activity, safety went untouched, which is hard to explain. They banked enough surplus on Walker to cover a lot of smaller sins.

On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In the Round 1 slot they get a difference-maker at receiver. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick38 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
Value with a capital V on Jalon Walker in slot 38, a genuine coup. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick69 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
They liked Ozzy Trapilo enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 69. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick77 Rnd3 Deone Walker
A reach for Deone Walker in the 77th overall pick; a little patience would have been rewarded. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick106 Rnd4 Emery Jones Jr.
Emery Jones Jr. in pick 106 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick144 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Value said wait; Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 144th pick says they were not listening. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick217 Rnd7 Donovan Edwards
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Donovan Edwards at the Round 7 slot is the proof. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick220 Rnd7 J.J. Weaver
A swing that ignored the value entirely, J.J. Weaver well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick238 Rnd7 Teddye Buchanan
They went early on Teddye Buchanan in pick 238, and the value did not follow. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.