Daily news and links for Monday.
TEAM TALK
- Evan Lazar’s Analysis: A pick-by-pick breakdown of the Patriots 2025 Draft class.
- Mike Dussault’s Instant Analysis: Patriots add versatile, hard-hitting Safety Craig Woodson in the 4th Round.
- Press Conference: Eliot Wolf (15 min. video)
- Patriots Unfiltered crew talk with first round draft pick Will Campbell in studio. (8 min. video)
- Inside the Patriots Draft room: New England selects WR Kyle Williams (1 min. video) and RB TreVeyon Henderson (1.30 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Jarrett Bailey spotlights how the Patriots 2025 draft class was named Best In NFL; The Pats massively upgraded their roster, and they’re earning high praise for it.
- Matt Dolloff helps us meet the Patriots’ 2025 Draft Class: Big offensive help on the way. In total, the Patriots selected five players on offense and four on defense, plus two on special teams. But their first four picks all came on the offensive side of the ball.
- Nick O’Malley shares his thoughts on the 12 players in New England’s 2025 draft class.
- Alex Barth tells us who are the 2025 undrafted free agents signed by the Patriots.
- Andrew Callahan grades each of the draft picks. for the Patriots. Will Campbell: B. /More.
- Lauren Campbell goes behind the paywall to tell us how Mel Kiper graded the Patriots Draft picks: A-. New England was just one of five teams Kiper gave the same grade to or better.
- Karen Guregian breaks down the Patriots post-draft roster by position.
- Darren Hartwell updates the post-Draft depth chart: The Patriots addressed needs on both sides of the ball.
- Doug Kyed takes a stab at a way too early 53-man roster projection.
- Mark Daniels says it took Mike Vrabel and his staff one offseason to completely overhaul the roster. The future in New England finally looks bright.
- Karen Guregian is supportive of how Mike Vrabel has quickly changed perception of the Patriots in 2025.
- Andrew Callahan says the Patriots made a big, big bet on Will Campbell and explains although he sounds like the perfect Patriot, the odds he’s staring down to become a long-term starter are higher than you think.
- Conor Ryan tells us four things to know about new Patriots WR Kyle Williams. 1. He was one of the most productive receivers in FBS in 2024.
- Phil Perry explains how dynamic running back TreVeyon Henderson can help elevate Drake Maye’s game with the Patriots. “He is a ridiculous athlete at the position.”
- Conor Ryan gives us five things to know about new Patriots RB TreVeyon Henderson. 1. Henderson stuffed the stat sheet with the Buckeyes.
- Andrew Callahan highlights Eliot Wolf discussing the war-room debate Friday night before making their first Day 2 draft pick, RB TreVeyon Henderson.
- Conor Roche relays the experts raving over the Patriots Day 2 picks. Nick Saban said TreVeyon Henderson “might make as big of an impact” as anyone drafted in the first two rounds.
- Bernd Buchmasser unravels the results of the Joe Milton III trade to the Cowboys.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Dane Brugler (The Athletic) NFL Draft 2025 team-by-team rankings: Best and worst classes, from 1 to 32. No. 1 Patriots. Favorite pick: Kyle Williams. “The Patriots drafted four offensive players in the top 100, all of whom project as early starters. I could make a case for any of the four as my favorite of the haul, but I’ll go with Williams because of the impact he brings to the passing game. Josh Downs was Drake Maye’s go-to target during Maye’s best college season, and Williams can become that type of weapon (and help correct New England’s Ladd McConkey miss).”
- Danny Kelly (The Ringer) Grading every team’s performance in the 2025 NFL Draft. Patriots: A+. ‘The Patriots put together one of my favorite draft classes, nabbing six of my top-100 ranked players. …’ /Click for more.
- Kristopher Knox (Bleacher Report) 2025 NFL draft grades for every team. Patriots: A+. /Click for analysis.
- Nate Tice and Charles McDonald (Yahoo! Sports) Picks and grades for all 32 teams and 7 rounds. Patriots: A. ‘Here’s why: I’m a big fan of a lot of players the Patriots ended up selecting. And where they ended up taking them all made sense, too. …’ /Click for more commentary.
- Analysts (PFF) 2025 NFL Draft grades for all 32 teams. Patriots: A. /Click for analysis of each pick.
- Gilberto Manzano and Matt Verderame (SI) 2025 NFL Draft Grades: Analysis of every team’s picks. Patriots: A-. ‘The Patriots needed to find a plethora of starters with upside, and they did just that. …’ /More.
- Chad Reuter (NFL.com) Final snap grades for all 32 teams. Patriots: B+. /Click for commentary.
- Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) NFL Draft 2025 grades for each team, including best and worst picks. Patriots: B. Best pick: WR Kyle Williams; Worst pick: C Jared Wilson. /More.
- Judy Battista (NFL.com) 2025 NFL Draft: Boxes checked, remaining offseason to-do list for all 32 teams. Patriots Still to do: Add even more offensive firepower. Win some games. /Click for more commentary.
- Jeff Kerr (CBS Sports) NFL Draft overreactions and reality checks.
- Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) 10 moves that should be made after 2025 NFL Draft.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL says 600,000 fans attended the draft in Green Bay. But “the crowd-size numbers trumpeted by the league carry a not-so-subtle alternative-facts vibe.”
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL is “reviewing” Jeff Ulbrich’s role in the Shedeur Sanders prank call.
- Kari Anderson (Yahoo! Sports) Son of Falcons DC Jeff Ulbrich publicly apologizes to Shedeur Sanders after draft-day prank call. /Good. That was too far.