What Could Patriots Get In Hypothetical No 1 Draft Pick Trade Nbc

Albert Breer joins Sports Sunday to give his take on the Patriots’ final matchup of the season vs. the Buffalo Bills, and the importance of maintaining control of No. 1 pick in 2025 Draft. The New England Patriots will enter Week 18 with the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. They are not guaranteed to earn that selection, but it would be theirs if they lose to the Buffalo Bills at home on Sunday afternoon.

(Check out all the potential scenarios here). If the Patriots do secure the No. 1 pick for the first time since 1993, it wouldn't be surprising if they entertained trading the selection, purely based on the fact that the franchise doesn't need a quarterback. Subscribe to NBC Sports Boston's podcast network to hear our Insiders bring you the latest insights on your favorite teams! The top pick in the NFL draft has been traded 13 times since the league’s merger more than five decades ago. The New England Patriots could soon represent No.

14. New England finds itself in an advantageous position entering its season finale against the Buffalo Bills. The Patriots currently hold the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft, and a loss at Gillette Stadium on Sunday would mean the organization earns the top selection. Since the Patriots have franchise quarterback Drake Maye, there’s reason to believe New England will trade No. 1 to a quarterback-needy team.

New England would acquire more draft capital in that scenario. But what might a trade look like? While no two trades are the same — especially since some draft evaluators don’t view the 2025 quarterback class as highly as those in the past — we do have past trades to look... The New England Patriots find themselves in an enviable position heading into the regular season finale. Currently holding the No. 1 overall pick for the first time since 1993, the Patriots have a golden opportunity to reshape their roster and accelerate their rebuilding efforts by trading it.

New England getting the top pick is contingent upon the outcome of their final regular-season game against the Buffalo Bills. A loss would solidify their standing for the top selection. The Titans, Giants and Browns are also all still in the running for the No. 1 pick, but if the Pats lose — and they very likely will — they control the draft. Given that the Patriots selected quarterback Drake Maye with the third overall pick in the previous draft, they won’t be needing a quarterback. They could — and should — leverage the high demand for top prospects among other teams to orchestrate a trade.

One potential trade partner, the Las Vegas Raiders, desperately need a franchise QB. Let’s take a look at one scenario that would give the Pats a haul — and All-Pro pass rusher Maxx Crosby — in exchange for top pick. In March of 2023, the Chicago Bears traded the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft to the Carolina Panthers. In return, the Bears got a top wide receiver in DJ Moore, the 9th and 61st overall picks in the 2023 draft, a 2024 first-round pick and a 2025 second-round pick. The New England Patriots find themselves in a precarious position in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Currently armed with the No. 4 overall selection, there's a chance the team comes up just short of landing a prime-time talent. Penn State pass rusher Abdul Carter and Colorado wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter are widely viewed as the top two players atop the draft. While the Tennessee Titans are all but locked in to taking Miami quarterback Cam Ward at No. 1 overall, the Cleveland Browns (No. 2) and New York Giants (No.

3) both seem to be shying away from taking Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, despite their drastic need of a building block signal-caller. If Sanders' stock continues to drop and both Cleveland and New York pass on him, that'll result in both Carter and Hunter coming off the board before the Patriots are even on the clock. So what do they do from there? Well, they could simply draft for need and take LSU offensive tackle Will Campbell or maybe further bolster the defensive trenches with Michigan defensive lineman Mason Graham. Or they could look to move down. In that spirit, we've cooked up a couple of trade-down possibilities for New England in the first round with the assumption that Carter or Hunter is not available to them.

We also highlighted one possibility where the Patriots could TRADE UP back into the first round to address another critical need on the depth chart. Sure, the Raiders traded for Geno Smith earlier this offseason and inked him to a two-year extension, but I don't think that'll preclude them from exploring the quarterback market in the NFL Draft. After all, Smith is going to turn 35 years old next season, so it might be best to get out in front of that position and have a signal-caller develop behind him. Of course, Las Vegas could simply wait to see if Sanders falls to them at No. 6, but if they like the player they could ensure they land him by moving up just a couple of picks to No. 4 with New England.

From a Patriots perspective, they'd probably be thrilled to move down a few spots, gain an asset (maybe another Day 2 pick) and still come away with a talent they would've been comfortable taking... Las Vegas has the fifth pick in the second round (No. 37 overall) and the fourth pick in the third round (No. 68 overall) Mock drafts for the 2025 NFL draft are already in full swing, and ESPN’s Field Yates has the New England Patriots making a shake-up at the top of the draft board. Yates has the Patriots owning the No.

1 overall pick and trading it to the New York Giants. The entire trade package wasn't revealed, but one of the picks would be the Giants' No. 6 pick in 2025. Yates has the Patriots using that pick to select Michigan cornerback Will Johnson, while the Giants take Georgia quarterback Carson Beck at No. 1. Johnson is one of the best corners in all of college football and coming off a 2023 season that saw him tally 27 tackles and four interceptions.

He won the National Championship Game Defensive MVP award last season, as the Wolverines defeated the Washington Huskies. Yates broke down his reasoning for the pick in further detail on Wednesday: I'd say New England is more likely to address offensive tackle than cornerback next spring, but I'm just not convinced enough on the class's second-best left tackle in my early tape study to go... To that end, LSU's Will Campbell could certainly enter the mix, but Johnson would provide a mix of need and value. Johnson has lockdown-corner potential in the pros. His size (6-2, 202 pounds), efficient movement skills and physicality scream NFL star, and he would tag-team with Christian Gonzalez to form a lethal duo.

Johnson has seven interceptions over two seasons. The New England Patriots were routed by the Los Angeles Chargers in an embarrassing loss on Saturday, but they received some outstanding news on Sunday. Thanks to the New York Giants defeating the Indianapolis Colts, the Patriots have jumped the Giants for the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL Draft. All New England needs to do is lose to the Buffalo Bills in the season finale, and it will have clinched the top selection in April. This puts the Pats in pole position to completely overhaul their roster during the offseason, as they can absolutely trade out of the No.

1 pick in order to accumulate a ton of draft capital. Think about it: the Patriots don't need a quarterback. They already have Drake Maye. So, neither Shedeur Sanders nor Cam Ward are on their wish list. How valuable would No. 1 pick be for Pats?

What recent trades suggest originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots will enter Week 18 with the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. They are not guaranteed to earn that selection, but it would be theirs if they lose to the Buffalo Bills at home on Sunday afternoon. (Check out all the potential scenarios here). If the Patriots do secure the No.

1 pick for the first time since 1993, it wouldn't be surprising if they entertained trading the selection, purely based on the fact that the franchise doesn't need a quarterback. Drake Maye, whom the Patriots took at No. 3 in the 2024 NFL Draft, has had a strong rookie season. He looks like the real deal. Now it's time for the Patriots to surround Maye with an improved offensive line and better pass-catchers, particularly at wide receiver. New England also has glaring weaknesses at edge rusher and cornerback that need to be addressed in the draft.

Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images Though the New England Patriots finished with a dismal 3-14 record in 2024, there are plenty of reasons for optimism as they enter a critical offseason. They appear to have hit on last year’s first-round selection of quarterback Drake Maye, and hired the most sought-after coach on the market in Mike Vrabel. They have the most cap space in the NFL at $125 million and hold the fourth overall pick in this year’s NFL draft. Yet while the fourth pick would allow them to select a potential building block for the future, there are reasons why the Patriots may be willing to trade down. For one, they already have their franchise quarterback and could capitalize on a team desperate to move into position to select Cam Ward or Sheduer Sanders.

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