BelichickFan

I don't expect a RB either but Nolan did say it was a value pick so he's kind of off the hook in terms of our RB situation - and if a team can afford a value pick this year it's the Patriots with all our picks.

jefmblrd

I do see your point, and he is a good player, but there are some quality OTs that might be a value in that spot as well-as long as there isn't a run like last year although there is a good chance of that...ILB, OLB as well. I know BB takes best player available, but knowing that there'll probably be a good value RB to take later in the draft, I still don't see it.

mayoclinic

I generally value Nolan Nawrocki's view, but there seem to be a lot of things about this draft which are surprising. Aside from Barwin's absence - like him or not, I think at this time his absence from the first 2 rounds can be called surprising - Mark Sanchez falling past Josh Brown to #18, Everette Brown falling to #30 and William Beatty to #54 seem quite extreme, at the very least. I can't see the Pats passing on all of Larry English, Sean Smith and Beatty at #47. Moreno is a great back and may be good value at #23, but I have a hard time seeing us going that route with our current stable of backs and other needs. Massaquoi at #58 is a reach, especially when he has us taking WR but passing on Hakeem Nicks at #48. And finally, Donald Washington in the 2nd round? That's one of the biggest stretches I've seen in a mock by a supposedly credible source. Washington has nice athleticism (the highest vertical at the combine) but he's raw, has off-field issues, and is generally considered a late-round prospect.

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Ochmed Jones

I agree 100%. Value is huge in thsi draft.

tanked_as_usual

I think the whole thing explodes and goes to the garbage can with the 3rd pick..........I can't see pioli coming from years and years of this organization to draft an OL at #3........unless curry is already gone....but he isn't

worst mock to date

patchick

I might even put Raji at #12 in that category, and Jarron Gilbert out of day 1. And explain to me how the Colts take a running back with Ziggy Hood still on the board? Toss in Everette Brown's plummet and it starts to look like a systematic undervaluing of DLs -- which never happens on draft day.

Ochmed Jones

I can see Pioli trading out of #3, IF he can find a dance partner, especially if Detroit passes on Stafford.

BelichickFan

Not sure I buy that, I understand that the Patriots never took at OT near as high as this when Pioli was here but a top LT is a very legitimate way to spend a top five pick.

patchick

Yep, seems reasonable to me, too. And BB famously said he would have taken Robert Gallery at #1 overall.

Ochmed Jones

Under BB both times the Pats were near this high in the first round, they went with defense both times.