Draft day 2: reset

[Ochmed Jones]

On Donovan Ezeiruaku - Any time you're in a position to draft a productive edge rusher with 34" arms, 85th percentile wing span and 90 plus percentile shuttle and 3-cone times, you should do it.

Edge has to be the pick in round 2! This kid fits perfectly with vrabel’s affect the opposing qb philosophy

In the third round, a wide receiver and a giant DT please!!!!

 

[gobesmug]

Considering who was throwing to him and that o-line, OC, and HC 600yds is a feat.

His second best game last year was with Jacoby. Or are you suggesting Drake Maye is not a good QB?

 

[Real fan 02]

Yes. Meh. He played almost 1000 snaps in 2023. 70something tackles, 2 picks and 1 FF is meh.

Show last years highlights.

He'll be 30 in Oct and expendable. Civil suit pending.

I'll take a Meh.. Peppers until someone better comes along.. ranked along with Dugger still among the top 20 NFL safeties.. put some respect on the guys name.. is all I'm saying..

 

[FredFromDartmouth]

This is boys. Tonight is where you make or break your team. It is also Wolf's last chance. He probably should have been fired after last year's draft, but it looks like Vrabels is giving him one last chance. The foundational pieces are in at QB and LT, but now the supporting cast must be found. Please don't mess up again....

 

[Real fan 02]

I’m honestly good dumping Peppers AND Dugger if the cap situation would allow it. Pep was a moron and I won’t forget it, Dugger has just plain sucked out loud. Awful contract.

Ok.. who's replacing him... ?? Dugger was hurt last season and still listed among with peppers as top safeties in the league.. however by all means if there's someone better then I'd be all for it.. meanwhile he's got 2 years left on his deal.. depending on how things go this season he maybe is cap cut next off season. However we have 2 dam good safeties moat teams can't say that.

 

[RobertWeathers]

OK thanks. I still think hes meh.

 

[manxman2601]

Albert Breer says Aireontae Ersery and Anthony Belton “carry some football character concerns”

He says the Patriots are “looking at receivers”

On Will Campbell:

“got a couple other interesting nuggets on the pick. One was that New England line coach Doug Marrone, who tried to recruit Campbell to Alabama in 2021, was a champion for him in the building. Another comes from Campbell’s 30 visit. When he arrived, Vrabel brought Campbell into a room of Patriots staffers, and asked the staffers to introduce themselves. They went around the room and at the end, Vrabel asked Campbell, “You got that?” Campbell responded by repeating the staffers’ names, and what they’d said, to the room.”

 

[RobertWeathers]

His second best game last year was with Jacoby. Or are you suggesting Drake Maye is not a good QB?

I'm suggesting our QB play last year was mediocre and further compromised by ****ty coaching and a revolving door of an o-line.

 

[Grogan14]

Focus on offense
Noel Noel and it will be a merry Xmas

 

[RobertWeathers]

I'll take a Meh.. Peppers until someone better comes along.. ranked along with Dugger still among the top 20 NFL safeties.. put some respect on the guys name.. is all I'm saying..

I respect his 2023 but let's not think hes better than he is and believe has long-term value to this team.

 

[Uptown]

WR
Edge

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

That's borderline optimum.

That's borderline outrageous.

 

[manxman2601]

That's borderline outrageous.

It looked pretty BPA to me.

 

[Jim Beankie]

Yeah and that got him 600 yards receiving in 17 games, being the top option. If that is starting quality to you, then your opinion is very meaningless.

Considering the OL (and QB really) play last year, yeah I consider that starting quality. The guys's been double teamed since end of 2023 since opponents figured out he's good. He only started 7 games officially and played 62% of the snaps. He got more 1st downs than Deebo (49 more yards) on fewer snaps last year. With Diggs taking attention this upcoming season, we may see a bump in production.

 

[patchick]

FYI, Devin McCourty is one of the fastest Patriots in history. Prob can count on 1 hand Pats who've gone over 22mph as a ball carrier in pads in a game. Heck maybe 1 finger. The 4.48 40 didn't tell the whole story.

McCourty's backpedal speed was legendary too.

 

[Ian]

Day two thread is open:

DRAFT DAY DISCUSSION - Official 2025 Draft Day Thread: Day Two

OK @Ian 12 minutes to go. Is it OK? :)

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I'll close this down, but I'll open it back up after tonight ends