Some high risk but high reward prospects...

[Seneschal2]

Important article from Rob Rang. Some of these prospects are indeed Pats considerations (like Meriweather, McCauley, Courtney Brown, Justice Hairston), but which ones will the Pats gamble on (if any) -- remains uncertain.

...a roll call of players whose talent is undervalued and who could become a draft-day surprise.

Some of these players slipped under the radar because they went to a small college; some got mislabeled and don't get a chance to show off their most productive skills; others had their on-field talent obscured by off-field problems. All of them are worth a look.

 

[psychoPat]

We certainly can expect to have the inside scoop on the Florida and Fresno guys:

• Marcus Thomas, DT, Florida: Off-field problems, including a suspension for a failed drug test last year, plague Thomas, but on the field, at 6-3, 314 pounds, he is among the draft's best run-stuffers.

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• Marcus McCauley, CB, Fresno State: McCauley was better in 2005 than his teammate, eventual second-round pick Richard Marshall, but teams want to know why McCauley struggled throughout last year and in the Senior Bowl.