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http://www.patriots.com/search/index...&pcid=41&rss=1

7:00 PM, Saturday, April 19 on WCVB. Pre-draft special.

Like last offseason, it's only a half-hour show.

bruschifan1

sigh... too bad all of us in RI never get to watch it. :-(

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Dbrooks55

thanks for the info I will make sure I watch

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MoLewisrocks

Recap of what I recall:

Zolak and Reiss were the guests. Both think the team will trade down. Zo is convinced Ryan will fall to them. Reiss was a little out in left field as he sometimes is - said he almost believes the team would have been better off losing #7 and retaining #31...regardless of whether they have to move down at 75 cents on the dollar as he put it, that is assinine...

FWIW BB said FA is pretty much over...on to the draft and camps. Said if they can't move down they have identified a couple of players they would be comfortable taking there and they believe at least one or two of those will be there. Reiterated his belief that the combine is just a test, some guys test better than they perform and others perform better than they test. Said it all comes down to game tape.

Then Mayock was on. He said the value corners will be available in the second and third. Mentioned Cason. Said their measurables are on par with the guys who will go in the first. He thinks the Patriots will go OL or DL if they draft at 7, said Chris Long would project to be Mike Vrabel while Rivers would play inside and not outside here. Mentioned Albert.

There will be a post draft All Access on the Tuesday after the draft.

BelichickFan

Yeah, that's just retarded. If #7 is such a burden I'm sure plenty of teams would happily trade a lower #1 straight up for it.

SpiderFox53

While I didn't watch it, I feel that Reiss just meant that 31 would have been easier to deal with than 7 will be. Which is true. Yes they will get better value (hopefully) with 7 but with all the various things that can happen, 31 would definately be less cumbersome.

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vyrago

Agreed, but from the look on his face it appeared to me that Reiss didn't say exactly what he meant--at least I hope that's the case since what he said was pretty stupid.

BionicPatriot

If the Patriots were drafting 31, they wouldn't have near the talent coming in either. You gotta spend money to get value. Whoc ares if a young rookie is expensive? IF, IF they drafted a young stud LB who proved to be the cornerstone, is it a bad pick? It's a blessing and a possible curse, all depends how you use it. You can and if your any good, will find all pro talent in the top 10. The 1 tear they drafted so highly, they landed Seymour. Look at the top 10 talent in just recent years. I think for a team so loaded with only some needs it helps a lot.

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BelichickFan

Easier to deal with in what way ? The contract ? Sure. But in no way, shape or form would we be "better off" with #31 and Reiss should hang his head in shame based on what he apparently said.

MoLewisrocks

Couple of weeks ago he took Talib at #7. Mike is what he is and I wouldn't trade that even to get Breer back from the DMN...because much as I enjoyed his X's and O's critiques, he's just a reporter and fan working off a broadcast feed with no insight into all the rest of what goes into a coaches game review. I don't value mike for his opinions, just for his dogged and generally level headed approach to factual reporting. There is a little bit of naivete and a tendancy toward overcautiousness/seriousness with Mike, but it's a fair trade off versus the double whammy of loudmouthed arrogance and ignorance that so many of our local mediots earn their living off of.

I know lots of fans value opinion, but for me unless it's genuinely informed I'll develop my own, thanks...

There are concerns about overpaying for high draft picks if you botch the pick, and there are team who would be better off if fate made their decisions for them, but we aren't one of those teams. Belichick and Pioli didn't get us this far by taking the least cumbersome approach to teambuilding.