Jinx'S MOCK DRAFT
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Jinx'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 19, 2025

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  • Jinx DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Ozzy Trapilo Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Ozzy Trapilo
OT Boston College
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (NE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (NE)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (NE)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Jaydon Blue Head Shot
PICK: 238 RND: 7 (NE)
Jaydon Blue
RB Texas
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Patriots let Brown fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

The board owed the Patriots one, and it paid up: Logan Brown, the No. 145 name on the board, sitting there at pick No. 220 like a gift left on the doorstep. The bottom line is a respectable B-.

They are betting Thornton Jr. proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In pick 4 they get a sticky cover corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick38 Rnd2 Aireontae Ersery
A reach on Aireontae Ersery in pick No. 38; the board had better options right there. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick69 Rnd3 Ozzy Trapilo
They paid up for Ozzy Trapilo at the 69th overall pick when waiting would have done the job. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick77 Rnd3 Isaiah Bond
Isaiah Bond at slot 77 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick106 Rnd4 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
A wild overpay on Dont'e Thornton Jr. in No. 106, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick144 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
The board fumbled Kevin Winston Jr. all the way to the Round 5 slot, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick217 Rnd7 Ajani Cornelius
They robbed the room for Ajani Cornelius here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It fills a real need, too.
Pick220 Rnd7 Logan Brown
Logan Brown at the 220th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick238 Rnd7 Jaydon Blue
Somehow Jaydon Blue was still sitting there in pick 238, and they pounced on premier running back value. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.