Without fail, the minute the NFL Draft concludes, most of us in this business are tasked with giving snap evaluations and grades for each club on how it fared over the three-day spectacle. In truth, we won't know anything about the 2025 NFL Draft for another few years once these prospects actually settle in with their new organizations and play.

And because they addressed several needs, Damien Woody believes Drake Maye is a big winner of the 2205 NFL Draft.

As disappointing as the Patriots’ second straight 4-13 finish was last season, they went into the offseason feeling like rookie Drake Maye had established himself as a quarterback to build around. New England spent the three-day NFL draft shoring up the infrastructure around him in a big way.