Received a tweet earlier today (4/10/15) stating that the Pats are concentrating very heavily on the 2015 receiving class. It came from CBS Sports, so don't know if they have good sources, we all know BB is very secretive, so I think they are just speculating.
It was Jason LaCanfora. The reportwas just that teams are thinking that the Patriots will go WR early because of BBs pro day visits: Auburn (Coates), Georgia (Conley), Maryland (Diggs) and Central Florida (Perriman).
Problem with this analysis is that it ignores the fact that this ignores the fact that BB went to Clemson, that BB worked out DTs at Georgia and Auburn and Caserio worked out one at Stanford also, Conley and Diggs aren't really early round picks so that leaves Coates and Perriman which isn't really a pattern.
However, there is some evidence that BB might go WR early:
1. There's some pretty good value to be had in picks 32-64 if you are looking for a deep threat WR.
2. Patriots missed out on a quality class of WRs last year. This class is nearly as good and maybe BB doesn't want to miss out two years running.
3. Another pro day that BB went to was Louisville's. Hard to understand what that was about, but in this context, Devante Parker might provide an explanation.
4. BB certainly showed that he's interested in upgrading the offensive skill positions in FA with the looks at Bush and Stevie Johnson. Maybe The deep threat posed by Sammie Coates or Devin Smith is part of that strategy.
