midwestpatsfan

Mike Uipati. I think with his Senior Bowl performance, 22 is going to be the start of conversations of where he is going go and there are going to be teams with early 2nd rounders wanting to get up to get him. If the Patriots didn't have Mankins, I think he would be extremely high on their board, and he probably is anyways. I have been against a trade down, but if we do not trade up, it might be a good opportunity to move down a few slots and pick up some extra picks both for this year and next.

For the Patriots, if they could move down a few spots and get Odrick from Penn State, then turn around and get someone like Graham out of Michigan early in the 2nd that would be a great start to the draft.

Badluck

i think brandon graham has practiced his way into the 1st, of course alot could change between then and now

mayoclinic

It's possible. Dallas at #27 is reported to be enamored of Iupati. Another team could trade up to get ahead of them, or Dallas could trade up to make sure they get him. Although Green Bay seems to need OT help more than OG, they could take Iupati at #23.

I think that realistically the earliest Iupati might go is Pittsburgh at 18. If he gets past there, he could go to Cincinnati at #21. Andre Smith and Iupati could be a heck of a left side to run behind. But if he slips to 22, I could see some teams wanting to trade up.

Iupati might be worth taking at 22 for the Pats, but it all depends who is still on the board. He certainly helped himself a lot this week.

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patsinthesnow

Hey guys, instead of trading down and letting the other teams having the nice talent, why don't WE take him instead.

carolinatony

I'm with you but I do expect we will trade down as we always do.

midwestpatsfan

the reason this might be a good trade down, is because LG is one of the patriots strongest positions with Mankins there. If you think Iupati can play RT then maybe draft him, but the talent we need is not at his specific position right now and there are other gaurds in the later rounds that could be had to play the RG position. It is about specific team value and Iupati's for the patriots is probably a little lower than for other teams that may give up good value.

Badluck

why not play him at RG? scouts think hes a monster and a few years from now could be one of the top guards in the league

mayoclinic

Iupati may be considered a stud, but who knows how BB will value Iupati compared to Mike Johnson, Maurkice Pouncey or Vlad Ducasse? If Iupati is the BVA at 22 we'll take him. If someone valued more highly is available, we take that player. If we don't value Iupati or anyone else available highly enough to take at 22, we trade down. Same as always.

If BB had valued Oher, Mathews, Maualuga or Laurinaitis highly enough he would have taken those players last year. Rightly or wrongly, he didn't.

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Brady to Brown

What a concept...

So you are saying take the talent with our pick instead of letting someone else have him.

Bill Belichick is number one on the redial button for most teams on draft day.

The days of trading out of the talent pool so we can get an extra 5th rounder in a year or two is giving me grey hair.

BelichickFan

Forget 5ths, the two extra #2s we have this year are from the trade downs and they're looking like damn good picks right around now.