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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:
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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Two olbs don't make too much sense ill take barwin out of the two looks like a better pass rusher.
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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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.
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.
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.
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:
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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Kruger sounds redundant. Two prime LBs, one ILB and one OLB, fills out the LB corps, for a generation.