Right now the Patriots hold the #4 overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft.
That's a good spot to be in for a team that needs multiple pieces to rebuild a roster.
ESPN's Mel Kiper ranks Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders as the #4 player in the draft. Many draft "experts" rank Sanders as the top QB in the draft, which makes that #4 overall pick a potential gold mine if the Patriots choose to trade the pick and move down in the draft order while acquiring multiple picks in compensation from a quarterback needy team.
As of now, teams selecting after that #4 spot that may be looking to draft a QB are the Panthers (#5), Jets (#6), Titans (#7), Browns (#8), Saints (#9), and 49'ers (#14).
One could make a case that the Vikings (#28) and Falcons (#19) will also be in the market for a future franchise quarterback.
That's a good amount of teams that may really covet that #4 pick and the opportunity to draft Sanders or Miami's Cam Ward.
The 2025 quarterback draft class isn't a very good one, so there will be limited opportunities for teams to draft one of the top rated prospects.
If we use the latest version of the draft pick value chart, that #4 selection is worth 1800 points.
Let's say the Patriots were able to trade with the Panthers and swap their #4 selection for the Panthers #5 selection.
The Panthers #5 selection is worth 1700 points. That would mean the Panthers would need to send their 3rd-round pick to the Patriots as well, in order to even the trade pick value. A pick worth 100 points would even the trade, but the Panthers only have the #5 pick in round-3, which is worth 245 points. That would technically make the trade a "win" for the Patriots going by the trade value chart.
Moving down one slot and acquiring an additional 3rd-round pick doesn't seem optimal for the Patriots who will be looking for multiple top-talent players who can jump right into the NFL and help on day-1 of the 2025 season.
Let's say the Patriots were able to trade with the Saints and swap their #4 selection for the Panthers #10 selection.
The Saints #9 selection is worth 1350 points. That would mean the Saints would need to trade an additional pick selection worth 450 points.
Those 450 points would likely equal selection at the bottom of round-1, or at the very least a selection at the top of round-2.
The Saints don't currently have a selection at he bottom of tound-1. So, their selection at #9 in round-2 would have to be part of the trade.
That Saints pick at #9 in round-2 is worth 490 points, which would make the deal just about equal according to the trade value chart.
That would be three picks in the top 41 selections. That's a pretty good spot to be in when you're trying to add multiple quality players as part of a rebuild.
The Patriots also have seven other draft selection spots, including two in the 3rd-round and three in the 7th. They currently don't have a 6th-round pick.
Another possibility for the Patriots would be to then trade down again from the spot in round-1 that they received in their first pick trade.
Let's say the made the trade with the Saints to move down to the #9 spot, and then looked to flip that pick and move down again for additional draft selections.
That #9 pick is worth 1350 points.
Perhaps the 49'ers are looking to move-up to that #9 spot from their #14 spot for a chance to draft Cam Ward or some other top prospect. That #14 spot is worth 1050 points. That means the 49'ers would have to send about 300 points worth of a draft pick to the Patriots.
That 300 points would likely mean the 9'ers would have to send their 2nd-round pick at #14 to the Patriots, which is worth 450 points.
In that scenario the Patriots would end-up with the #14 pick in round-1, picks #4, #9, and #14 in round-2.
That would give them four picks of the top-46 selection spots. Quite a good haul if you ask me.
Of course the current selection spots will change as the season moves on, but we can get a decent idea of the Patriots possibilities when it comes to trade options in order to gather extra picks and begin to add quality players to a roster that has quite a few holes.
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