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Patriots All-Access inside the draft room

Some recap from Reiss and Rapoport are available for those who don't want to download/watch the video.

Insights include no indecision on who to take at 17, the Saints trade at #28 was discussed before the draft, and trying to get a 2012 2nd with #33 before taking Dowling.

SeanBruschi54

Just saw this.

Belichick and Caserio really had a difficult time making a decision at 17. I dont really feel comfortable with how long it took them to even make a suggestion of what to do with that pick.

The team seemed so confident Solder i hope it was just weighing options.

Team really had no one they wanted at 28. Quick to deal that pick.

Had tons of phone calls for 33 and looks like they were trying to dump that pick too.

Very frustrating to see.

Patspsycho

No they were not frustrated. They had already decided on Solder long before draft day- like Rappaport writes, they were just trying to milk the time to keep the other teams off guard- maybe make them think a trade was in the works, or that they could be picking just anyone.

Also it looks to me like their draft board was ordered by position, not by needs or value. On one board, it looks like there were 11 columns on top and 11 on bottom.

The fact that they were trying to trade out of #33 is something many of us already knew on draft day #2.

plk

We don't have a real time recording, just a few fragments, so it is impossible to say "...how long it took them to even make a suggestion of what to do with that pick."

Again, we just have a few seconds so it is impossible to say how quickly they made the deal.

Not so much trying to "dump" the pick as trying to see if they could sucker someone into paying an excessive price for it. They did not succeed, but it was certainly worth a try. When no one bit, they took a player that they felt represented very good value.

javajunky

If I heard the video right, for the 33rd pick that Pats were holding out for 3rd this year and a 2nd next year. So they rejected a trade down for a 2nd and 3rd this year from the Niners. I can only surmise Vader didn't think this was a great year to collect talent. The other trades our Dark Lord made supports this notion. Although the Pats are happy with their picks, they were not happy with this draft.

tuckeverlasting

wow ! talk about two people watching the same thing and seeing two completely opposite events. i watched it and saw none of that.

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Mike the Brit

On the wall behind BB, there are "Retired" ("Patten") "Signed Off Practice Squad" ("Miller", "Ratliff"?) lists. Some other lists with names like Woods, Larsen, McKenzie, Leonard to the left. Looks like we're looking at past history, but I can't see much with my lousy screen or make sense of it.

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Captain Cliche

Anyone who thinks BB "wings it" on draft day is smoking something.

1. They already knew who they were picking at 17.

2. They already had a deal in place for 28.

3. They had already set a value on 33 and no one matched it, so they made their pick.

I didn't watch the video, but reading the articles made me appreciate even more that the Pats are in good hands.

patriotscpfc

I saw Crable

Maybe a list of ex-Patriots system free-agents?

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DarrylS

I did not see indecision or hesitation.. seemed as though they had a blueprint and pretty much followed it.

From the brief interviews the draftees all seemed smarter than the average, and presented themselves very well.

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