The Patriots discover themselves in rivalry for the No. 1 choose within the 2025 NFL Draft, although they’ll want some assist getting there. We’ll observe alongside every week for the rest of the season to see if issues change, whereas additionally highlighting who/what is perhaps in consideration at their projected choose.
The Patriots acquired the assistance they had been searching for.
New England was launched into the motive force’s seat for the No. 1 choose Sunday, as a few issues broke its means. The New York Giants defeated the Indianapolis Colts to formally lose management of the highest choice, whereas the Jacksonville Jaguars and Las Vegas Raiders additionally discovered themselves within the win column. Drake Maye’s membership can now end no decrease than No. 4 on the draft board.
Week 18 will resolve whether or not or not that high choose stays of their possession, however as issues presently stand, the draft now runs by way of Foxboro, Mass.
OUTLOOK
The Patriots’ elevation into that high spot has opened up a wealth of potentialities, whether or not they make the choose or not.
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The Titans (No. 2), Giants (No. 3), Browns (No. 4), Jets (No. 6) and Raiders (No. 8) are all anticipated to be in rivalry for a quarterback, although it’s presently unknown if any could be prepared to commerce to No. 1 to pick out Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders or Miami’s Cam Ward.
New England ought to profit from the truth that there are such a lot of groups with curiosity in a signal-caller, because it will increase the probability that groups will look to make a transfer up within the draft order. Each New York groups and Las Vegas might all be eyeing a technique to soar Tennessee, and might solely do it by making a commerce with New England.
It’s additionally probably there will probably be a possibility to make trades elsewhere.
Potential Targets
ROUND 1 (1-6)
WR/CB Travis Hunter, Colorado
EDGE Abdul Carter, Penn State
OT Will Campbell, LSU
OT Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas
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Hunter and Banks had been our prior two choices, and the Patriots must be completely satisfied to take both. New England ought to simply embrace the uncomfortable and choose the very best participant accessible after buying and selling away that high choose, nonetheless. Carter and Hunter are these guys within the eyes of many, and taking one would then amplify the necessity for an offensive lineman afterward. New England might simply make a transfer to leap again into the primary spherical and handle that want early.
ROUND 1 (24-32)
OT Wyatt Milum, West Virginia
OT Cameron Williams, Texas
OT Aireontae Ersery, Minnesota
OT Josh Simmons, Ohio State
Milum, Williams, Ersery and Simmons are comfortably the second-tier offensive tackles who will probably be accessible within the draft. However as a result of variety of groups that will probably be searching for assist in that division, they could all nonetheless be first-round picks. Campbell and Banks would be the first two off the board, however if you need any probability at one of many top-six choices, you most likely must commerce again up and take the very best accessible.
ROUND 2
EDGE Jack Sawyer, Ohio State
EDGE J.T. Tuimoloau, Ohio State
EDGE Kyle Kennard, South Carolina
TE Tyler Warren, Penn State
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Sawyer, Tuimoloau and Kennard are all going to be affect gamers, it’s only a matter of which you like. The Patriots want somebody prepared to set the sting, although it’ll be onerous to miss a flexible weapon like Warren, ought to he be accessible.
ROUND 3
WR Jalen Royals, Utah State
TE Harold Fannin Jr., Bowling Inexperienced
WR Jack Bech, TCU
OT Ozzy Trapilo, Boston School
RB Ollie Gordon II, Oklahoma State
New England has a pair of third-round picks, and each will probably be about discovering proficient gamers to suit the offense.
Projected Path
The Patriots have to commerce the No. 1 choose within the 2025 NFL Draft and can achieve this in our newest mock. It nonetheless permits them to land the very best participant accessible and handle each want they’ll have getting into the draft. New England additionally lands a first-round choose within the 2026 NFL Draft within the course of.
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PFN’s Mock Draft Simulator had Sanders, Ward and McMillan going within the first three picks, which is a dream situation.
Hunter is our choose, as a result of he’s the very best participant within the draft. It’s straightforward to get fatigued watching the identical man dominate on each side of the ball in back-to-back seasons, however you gained’t wish to overthink this choose.
Williams was the highest accessible sort out as we approached the ultimate portion of that first spherical, so we had the Patriots buying and selling up for an improve on the place. Sawyer was the choose with our model new second-round choice, as he’s most likely the very best scheme match of any edge defender we highlighted earlier.
Royals at all times appears to seek out himself in place to be taken in these mocks, so we went for it this time whereas doubling down on weapons with the choice of Fannin. Royals is a real exterior possibility, and would basically be a re-do choose in a world during which the Patriots simply lower bait with Javon Baker. Fannin is an especially versatile tight finish, who can play alongside the likes of Hunter Henry and Austin Hooper early, whereas ultimately incomes an even bigger function. Maye likes his tight ends, so we gave him one other.
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