Sunday's win over the Buffalo Bills means the New England Patriots no longer own the No. 1 overall pick of the 2025 NFL draft. If the season ended today, they would now own the No. 4 overall pick in the draft,

Joe Milton scored two touchdowns after relieving a healthy Maye in the first quarter to push the Patriots to a 23-16 win over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. As a result, though, the Patriots will hold pick No. 4 in the 2025 NFL Draft. A loss to the Bills would’ve given New England the No. 1 pick.

Joe Milton III passed for a touchdown and ran for another in his NFL debut, and the New England Patriots cost themselves the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft with a 23-16 win over the AFC East champion Buffalo Bills.

The cost of the New England Patriots' Week 18 win was the loss of a No. 1 pick. Joe Milton III went 22-of-29 for 241 yards with two total touchdowns on

The New England Patriots entered Sunday with a strong chance to earn the No. 1 pick in the 2025 NFL draft. Hosting the Buffalo Bills (who openly planned to rest their starters) at Gillette Stadium, the Pats just needed to lose one more time this year in order to have their pick of all the top prospects.

Ponnaiya's Prediction: Despite being one loss away from clinching the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming draft, the Patriots are in a good position to beat their division rivals. The Buffalo Bills wrap up their regular season with a game against the New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon.

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The New England Patriots may have to kiss their dreams of landing Travis Hunter goodbye, as they slipped from No. 1 all the way down to fourth in the NFL Draft order following their win over the Buffalo Bills in the season finale.

In total, the Patriots have nine picks in the upcoming draft, including zero sixth-round selections and two additional seventh-rounders from the Tennessee Titans and Los Angeles Chargers. The Titans' pick is at the top of the seventh round.

Well, the Patriots can’t even tank right. This team has been laughably bad all season, but coming off a six-game losing streak, New England emptied the playbook and the tank against a Buffalo team playing their backups.

The New England Patriots entered the final week of the NFL’s 2024 regular season with a 3-13 record, and a chance to secure the first overall selection in the upcoming draft. In order to clinch that pick,