mayoclinic

New 2 round mock just out from Pat Kiran at nfl.com. It's using that confusing format where the 2nd round picks are listed under the team rather than in sequential order:

Mock draft 5.0: New No. 1 overall pick, but it's still not Stafford

For the Pats he has:

23. Clay Mathews, LB
34. Connor Barwin, OLB
47. Donald Brown, RB
58. Paul Kruger, DE

He still has Chicago picking at #18, which is ludicrous this far out from the Cutler trade, so it seems rather sloppy to me.

3 LB prospects in the top 4 seems silly for the Pats. I actually like the combination of Matthews and Barwin. Barwin is my binky, 'nuff said there. Matthews looked really fluid at his pro day and you could see he safety background in the way he moved. I still think he might move inside to SILB - he's not the typical thumper type and he needs to work on taking on lineman, but Guyton wasn't a prototypical SILB either. However, with both Louis Delmas (going #36 to Cleveland) and William Beatty (going #40 to the Raiders) available I probably would have preferred Barwin at 23 and one of those guys at 34, or to trade up.

I think Donald Brown's a great back - he reminds me a bit of D'Angelo Williams in 2006, whom I wanted over Maroney; I like the way he runs low to the ground in traffic, and the way he catches out of the backfield - but with Jarron Gilbert going #48 to Denver it is hard to pass him up. And I don't see Kruger at 58 at all. Not with William Moore still on the board at safety.

I'd be quite happy with Matthews, Barwin, Donald Brown and Will Moore on the first day. I'd probably prefer Barwin, Beatty, Gilbert and Moore even more, but I'm not at all unhappy with the Matthews and Brown picks.

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slash83

Two olbs don't make too much sense ill take barwin out of the two looks like a better pass rusher.

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maverick4

No offensive or defensive linemen? Given the potential/development of Crable and/or Guyton, we may only take 1 LB on day one this year.

mayoclinic

It makes sense if one plays inside at SILB - no different than all the scenarios with Maualuga and Barwin at 23 and 34 in some order. I actually like Matthews better in the long run than Maualuga at SILB for the Pats - he has the smarts, the pass coverage ability, the athleticism, and the motor. My biggest question is his ability to take on blockers.

Again, I prefer other options (like Barwin and Beatty, or Barwin and Delmas) but it's not a particularly bad scenario. I've seen worse.

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PATSNUTme

That is a great draft. It's really so great it will never happen.

KDPPatsfan85

We would take 2 LBs in the draft. If we dont get Peppers then we will get an OLB and an ILB(bruschi is in his last year of his contract!

Ungeheuer

Kirwin, remember, actually talks to Belichick occasionally. This seems like a very realistic scenario to me, although I don't really get the Donald Brown pick.

All of the linebackers fit the Patriot mold, especially in the versatility department. They're all big and fast. Kruger looks like a classic Pats OLB, but he's also played inside. Barwin and Kruger are both big enough to set the edge and they both have good pass rushing skills -- these are the types of players the Pats have a hard time finding since most college OLBs are too small for the 3-4, while most DEs can't cover. Matthews is exactly the guy you'd want to play SILB next to Mayo -- he's tall enough and fast enough to cover tight ends. Plus he could play outside in a pinch.

I'd love this draft, personally.

slash83

I agree I have no problem with BB using him as SILB the question is as you stated how well he can take on and shed blockers.

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AzPatsFan

If you want to pick a guy fro SILB who si not a REy Maualuga runstuffer then why no tdraf Lauranitis. h esi a=has awesiome INT sof r an ILb, Great ILB blitz sack numbers, is smart as a whip and has done it for years. People downgradr Laurnaitis fro not tbeing extraordinary at taking on Guards,bu the is merely above average at it and probably better than a guy who never srtarted untiler 4 game sinot his senior year.

Kruger sounds redundant. Two prime LBs, one ILB and one OLB, fills out the LB corps, for a generation.

DW Toys

The real ILB prospect is Kruger. So 3 LBs.
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