Win, FAIL, or Meh? DraftSite.com 7 round mock

Here's what they have the Pats taking in:

1-OAK "DE" Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue
1 OLB Akeem Ayers, UCLA
2-CAR DT Jurrell Casey, USC
2 RB Kendall Hunter, Oklahoma State
3 CB Joe Lefeged, Rutgers
3 WR Jerrel Jernigan, Troy
4 S Marcus Hyde, Michigan State
5 C Ryan McMahon, Florida State
6-NO OT Danny Watkins, Baylor

And as an added "bonus"—but please don't use this in grading—they present a 7-round 2012 mock using the same draft order (minus trades):

1 OT Matt Reynolds, BYU
2 S Robert Sands, West Virginia
3 CB Antonio Fenelus, Wisconsin
4 RB Lance Dunbar, North Texas
5 LB Etienne Sabino, Ohio State
6 "DE" Tim Fugger, Vanderbilt

ctpatsfan77 said:

Here's what they have the Pats taking in:

1-OAK "DE" Ryan Kerrigan, Purdue
1 OLB Akeem Ayers, UCLA

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Two OLBs, one of which is a conversion, with the first two picks? Fail.

SSDD

Big time fail! No way, no how!

OL not addressed until last rounds....fail.

goodkat said:

OL not addressed until last rounds....fail.

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Don't look at the round, look at the names. Danny Watkins is a smart, strong, agile guard/tackle who some here are targeting as high as 2B. He'd be an amazing steal in the 6th. (You'll find some profiles calling him an "intriguing late-round project"...they were inevitably written BEFORE he spent the last year at LT.)

One of the first 3 picks projects as a starter. Fail.

patchick said:

Don't look at the round, look at the names. Danny Watkins is a smart, strong, agile guard/tackle who some here are targeting as high as 2B. He'd be an amazing steal in the 6th. (You'll find some profiles calling him an "intriguing late-round project"...they were inevitably written BEFORE he spent the last year at LT.)

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His age could hurt his draft stock and allow him to fall, it does bring up some questions though: why is he 26 and not yet out of school?

Snake Eyes said:

His age could hurt his draft stock and allow him to fall, it does bring up some questions though: why is he 26 and not yet out of school?

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Canadian kid, grew up playing hockey and no football, worked as a firefighter for a while then went to junior college for their fire academy. While he was there, he decided to give the school football team a whirl. Pretty soon he was being recruited by multiple BCS programs.

patchick said:

Canadian kid, grew up playing hockey and no football, worked as a firefighter for a while then went to junior college for their fire academy. While he was there, he decided to give the school football team a whirl. Pretty soon he was being recruited by multiple BCS programs.

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Sounds like a scar special. :rocker:

Super fail. Kerrigan may be good, but not with the Oakland pick... totally overdrafted.

And Ayers is a horrible prospect, stiff, slow, just a bad fit for our defense. Someone who knows nothing about the Pats chose that draft class. Give me Jeremy Beal. Even without looking at the mock, I know he was on the board at the Ayers pick. Beal would be great for us.

Hell, I was wrong. They had Beal going to San Diego at #18. Holy crap. I need to stop selling Beal so hard, and let him ride under the radar.

Just feels like they did superficial research on the Pats "needs" and then threw darts at a board.

FAIL.