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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I liked all those trades because we usually end up getting lopsided value in our favor. But in a draft with this much depth, I'm kind of hoping Bill just uses all the picks we have.
Just throwing this out for thought: every year in the Belichick era, the Patriots have made at least one trade, if not more, during the first two rounds of the draft.
In the past three years alone, we've seen:
2009: 23 -> 26, 26 -> 34, and 47 -> 40
2008: 7 -> 10
2007: 28 -> 2008 1st
In addition, BB made some other moves:
We don't need more picks this year though. What are our "needs"? Do we have any?
1. OLB
2. 3rd receiver
3. RB
We will draft BPA, our needs are sad
And that's assuming that we resign Wilfork, Mankins, Bodden and Gostkowski. If those guys go then we at least could use depth at those positions. And some (like yourself) would argue that we could use WR depth as well, though I'm content to see what Brandon Tate brings.
This draft looks to be amazingly deep with red chippers to be available late into the second round. The last time there was a draft this deep, BB made zero moves and just took what fell to him.
2. I could even see trading the pick to a team like Carolina with no 1st round pick for Julius Peppers if there were some way of working around the money issue (which I can't see).
The Pats won't have to trade for Peppers. Unless Peppers caves in and signs long term with the Panthers, his cap number would reach 20 million dollars if the Panthers choose to franchise him again. From what I've read, the word is that Carolina won't be able to keep franchising him. He either signs long term or he walks....to New England
Read the "Final Eight Plan" in the CBA, and you'll see why this is extremely unlikely, even if the Panthers let Peppers walk.