ctpatsfan77

It's a fairly simple question; right now I'm just curious: as of today, what would you consider a "dream" first round for New England?

You can name specific players or just positions if you prefer; you can make any sort of plausible scenario you want (e.g., you can have trades up/down, but you can't have a team trading its first in 2011 to NE for NE's third in 2012 or something silly like that).

Also, just to keep things from getting too far out of control, let's assume that the Patriots do not acquire any more picks via trades.

So—who do you want?

Me, if Moss leaves, I'll take the best "Pats type" WR and a trade down to pick up a first in 2012 and another second in 2011.

If Moss stays, I'll take the best front 7 player and trade down.

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Sciz

1. AJ Green
32. 3-4 DE (I'm not sold on any of the hyped guys in a 2-gap, so we'll need someone to step up this college season)
34. OLB (NOT Von Miller, other than that, I haven't done enough research)
64. Some RB, maybe Faulk replacement?

the wrothbroughterer

Mark Ingram, Akeem Ayers, Jared Crick, and Jonathan Baldwin.

Shooting for the moon on this one, they can definitely grab 2 of those guys though.

Criptonite

As of right now, any dream scenario starts with using the Raiders pick to get Robert Quinn to play at OLB. He looks like he could be an absolute monster. After that we would use our own pick for a DE like Heyward or Dareus, maybe even Bailey or Crick. Using that pick on Green would be nice too, but I doubt he'd slip into our range unless he gets injured. With DEs, you never know where their stock will end up or how far they'll slide. So my dream would be OLB Robert Quinn from North Carolina and DE Cameron Heyward from THE Ohio State University.

Badluck

5. AJ Green
32.Allen Bailey

reamer

Since this is an absolute best case scenario, let's have some fun:

Most important, we win the Super Bowl. The Raiders fail abysmally due to systemic ineptitude. We trade back their pick to around #10 in exchange for a high second rounder.

10) DE/LB Robert Quinn
32) WR Michael Floyd

I like some of the other wide receivers better, but I think Floyd has a better chance of falling, plus he seems like a great scheme fit. Moss moves on, and Floyd moves in. Floyd, Price, Edeleman, Tate--that's a good young corp.

In the second, I'd love to pick up a running back and an offensive lineman, at the very least. I really like Bradford right now. He reminds me quite a bit of Jonathan Stewart.

You'll notice I didn't list 34 DE; I don't think it's as big of an issue as most of the other posters. Between Weston, Deaderick and Richard, someone should emerge as a viable starter. They're all built well for the position and excel at stopping the run. I could be wrong, but I'd like to see how the season plays out before changing my mind.

Sciz

Oh damn, I forgot about Quinn. I want him now!

Marqui

Robert Quinn and an elite Oline prospect.

NePatriots

Good luck finding one of those (Elite O-Line) next year... I don't like the class at all. Gabe Carimi... maybe. Solder, Costanzo, Boling, Reynolds, all have some warts.

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reamer

I am so glad I'm not the only one to feel that way about next year. I don't really like any of the tackle talent. The inside guys are a little more intriguing, but it doesn't look like a deep year. Will be interesting to see how the season plays out.