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TOP DRAFT PRIORITY - OL?
As was the case last year, OL is the top draft priority. As was the case last year, that doesn't mean that Belichick will fill that priority in the 1st or 2nd Round. We have three picks between 96 and 101 which may be find for that purpose. All those picks are earlier than when we picked our two OL's last year. The situation is not really a crisis at all. We are likely to sign a vet after May 12th. We have Kline, who can start; and we have lots of draft picks at a place where OL's are plentiful.
CORNER
Some would make corner our top early priority. It probably is. Belichick is likely to draft a corner in the 1st or 2nd.
RUNNING BACK
I think that we need to be real. We have Blount for 2015, a special teamer and a bunch of prospects. The teams need some quality competition for running back positions. We've lost Vereen and Ridley. We're going to move on. Well, we need someone to move on to. belichick took a flyer on Cadet (under $100K guaranteed). That's fine. He'll compete with White for the 3rd down position.
I would not be surprised to see us draft two running backs, as we did the last time we were in this position. I'd trade our first two picks for Gurley in a heartbeat, but I don't think he'll be available at 20.
CONCLUSIONS
1) The OL hole will easily be filled.
2) Belichick has made his choices at CB; training camp will decide who gets the reps (and he'll likely add a draftee).
3) We might add a DT, but we have Branch, Siliga, Jones, Easley and Johnson.
4) Our RB position is an important focus of this draft, or it should be now that Belichick has moved on from Ridley and Vereen.
To put this another way, we're likely to draft a corner in the top 50 and a guard in the top 100. We would still have FOUR PICKS in the first four rounds to consider the RB position.
As was the case last year, OL is the top draft priority. As was the case last year, that doesn't mean that Belichick will fill that priority in the 1st or 2nd Round. We have three picks between 96 and 101 which may be find for that purpose. All those picks are earlier than when we picked our two OL's last year. The situation is not really a crisis at all. We are likely to sign a vet after May 12th. We have Kline, who can start; and we have lots of draft picks at a place where OL's are plentiful.
CORNER
Some would make corner our top early priority. It probably is. Belichick is likely to draft a corner in the 1st or 2nd.
RUNNING BACK
I think that we need to be real. We have Blount for 2015, a special teamer and a bunch of prospects. The teams need some quality competition for running back positions. We've lost Vereen and Ridley. We're going to move on. Well, we need someone to move on to. belichick took a flyer on Cadet (under $100K guaranteed). That's fine. He'll compete with White for the 3rd down position.
I would not be surprised to see us draft two running backs, as we did the last time we were in this position. I'd trade our first two picks for Gurley in a heartbeat, but I don't think he'll be available at 20.
CONCLUSIONS
1) The OL hole will easily be filled.
2) Belichick has made his choices at CB; training camp will decide who gets the reps (and he'll likely add a draftee).
3) We might add a DT, but we have Branch, Siliga, Jones, Easley and Johnson.
4) Our RB position is an important focus of this draft, or it should be now that Belichick has moved on from Ridley and Vereen.
To put this another way, we're likely to draft a corner in the top 50 and a guard in the top 100. We would still have FOUR PICKS in the first four rounds to consider the RB position.