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NE PATS 25 Ideal Draft

  • I.Q. DRAFTING FOR THE
    Patriots
Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (NE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (NE)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NE)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (NE)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Will Sheppard Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (NE)
Will Sheppard
WR Colorado
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (NE)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Jimmy Horn Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 224 RND: 7 (NE)
Jimmy Horn Jr.
WR Colorado
Hunter Wohler Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (NE)
Hunter Wohler
S Wisconsin
Draft Picks Received
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DAL)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Will Sheppard Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Will Sheppard
WR Colorado
Draft Picks Traded
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Players traded away
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Calvin Anderson
OT
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Chad Ryland
PK
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Jalen Reagor
WR
Draft Grade — Patriots
Overall C
ValueC NeedB- TradesF FutureB-
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Patriots to a C.

The Patriots clearly saw something nobody else did in Jayden Higgins, taking him 101 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced.

Getting Henderson where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Hit on Travis Hunter and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In the 4th overall pick they get a potential shutdown corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick36 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins at slot 36 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick68 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
They let Dylan Fairchild come to them and pounced at No. 68. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick83 Rnd3 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at pick 83 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick105 Rnd4 Jihaad Campbell
Jihaad Campbell in the 105th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick149 Rnd5 TreVeyon Henderson
They robbed the room for TreVeyon Henderson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick209 Rnd6 Will Sheppard
Will Sheppard in the 209th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick220 Rnd7 Jake Slaughter
They took Jake Slaughter at par in Round 7, Pick 6, which is nothing to complain about. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick224 Rnd7 Jimmy Horn Jr.
A real head-scratcher, Jimmy Horn Jr. in No. 224 is miles ahead of his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick241 Rnd7 Hunter Wohler
They will replay Hunter Wohler at pick 241 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.