DRAFT DRAFT - Top 3 Rounds

reflexblue · Apr 20, 2026

Wozzy said:
Go big or go home...

OT and DL in the first three or four picks.

Football is won in the trenches, use the Howie Roseman method.

Bingo, we have bingo

Hugepatsfan · Apr 20, 2026

I did the breakdown before but no later than halfway through the 4-year rookie deals all players drafted will sign, I expect there to be an opening for a starter at every single position on the roster outside of QB. (Caveat that at RB Henderson may be the "starter" but there would be a need for a #2 back behind him that will play a starter level workload too with how true one-back backfield teams go with now.) Looking at age and contract status, every position on the roster will have an opening no later than for the 2028 season at which point rookies will only be halfway through their deals.

I don't see it as BPA vs. need. I see it as every single position on this team is a need over the course of these rookie deals so they should draft accordingly.

jdlboot14 · Apr 20, 2026

I'd love Pats to trade our 2nd 4th rounder to move up in the 3rd.
AND trade all of our 6th's for a 4th rounder. We don't need bottom development bodies, we need a handful of guys who can play right away.

bakes781 · Apr 20, 2026

Max/Blake
Jacas/DDS
Bentley/Kacmarek

Huckleberry1 · Apr 21, 2026

Crazy Patriot Guy said:
Were the Lions good at drafting WRs in the 1st round before Calvin Johnson?

Lol

Huckleberry1 · Apr 21, 2026

jdlboot14 said:
I'd love Pats to trade our 2nd 4th rounder to move up in the 3rd.
AND trade all of our 6th's for a 4th rounder. We don't need bottom development bodies, we need a handful of guys who can play right away.

I agree. They don't need to draft 11 more rookies this year, try to condense the picks to move up for guys they like the most.

upstater1 · Apr 21, 2026

Mel Kiper's list. All the big bodies and tackles rise up in the rankings, 7 of them. This is why it's exceedingly hard to draft a tackle. Everyone grabs them. When you get a chance at one, you grab them.

2026 NFL draft Big Board rankings: Mel Kiper's top prospects

Mel Kiper Jr. updated his NFL draft rankings one last time. His Big Board stacks 150 prospects -- starting with Fernando Mendoza -- and goes deep at every position.

www.espn.com

SlowGettingUp · Apr 22, 2026

Good example here - all the good OT's long gone by 31:

2026 NFL mock draft: Schrager projects 32 first-round picks

Could teams jump all around Round 1 and shake things up? Will Jeremiyah Love and Sonny Styles go in the top five? Here's what Peter Schrager is hearing and predicting.

www.espn.com

PatsFan2 · Apr 22, 2026

Toofy said:
Belichick got lucky with gonzo. He traded down and if not for ron rivera misstep we might have been stuck with a watered pick in form of Washington cornerback.

I would not give credit to belichick for gonzo. If he knew how good gonzo was he would have picked him up at 14 instead of trading down.

Exactly regarding BB: even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

ctpatsfan77 · Apr 22, 2026

jdlboot14 said:
I'd love Pats to trade our 2nd 4th rounder to move up in the 3rd.
AND trade all of our 6th's for a 4th rounder. We don't need bottom development bodies, we need a handful of guys who can play right away.

I don't think any team is going to make that trade. About the best you might get is trading two of them for a 5.

ctpatsfan77 · Apr 22, 2026

Toofy said:
Belichick got lucky with gonzo. He traded down and if not for ron rivera misstep we might have been stuck with a watered pick in form of Washington cornerback.

I would not give credit to belichick for gonzo. If he knew how good gonzo was he would have picked him up at 14 instead of trading down.

As near as I can tell, based on the actual trade [14 for 17 + 120, which is a net loss of draft capital], at least one of two things (likely both) must be true:

1. Belichick was the one who initiated the trade, and was deliberately trying to screw over the JEST.
2. Gonzalez was not head-and-shoulders above the alternatives at 14, and Belichick was essentially certain at least one of the players in that group would still be available at 17.

The Gr8est · Apr 22, 2026

ctpatsfan77 said:
As near as I can tell, based on the actual trade [14 for 17 + 120, which is a net loss of draft capital], at least one of two things (likely both) must be true:

1. Belichick was the one who initiated the trade, and was deliberately trying to screw over the JEST.
2. Gonzalez was not head-and-shoulders above the alternatives at 14, and Belichick was essentially certain at least one of the players in that group would still be available at 17.

The Jete are perfectly capable of screwing themselves over.

Toofy · Apr 22, 2026

ctpatsfan77 said:
As near as I can tell, based on the actual trade [14 for 17 + 120, which is a net loss of draft capital], at least one of two things (likely both) must be true:

1. Belichick was the one who initiated the trade, and was deliberately trying to screw over the JEST.
2. Gonzalez was not head-and-shoulders above the alternatives at 14, and Belichick was essentially certain at least one of the players in that group would still be available at 17.

So still assuming this is fine , if gonzo got drafted by the commanders what happens then .

Its not a risk that you take. This means bill did not evaluate gonzo properly or he had insider info that gonzo will be available at 17.

If he did not trade down I can really give credit , but definitely not when the risk is huge when we might end up losing an all pro player whom we haven't drafted in ages.

Gonzo and maye are the ones along with Marcus and schooler I believe in special teams.

ViperGTS · Apr 22, 2026

Give me.

mayoclinic · Apr 22, 2026

No thanks. Don't want him.

Huckleberry1 · Apr 22, 2026

PatsFan2 said:
Exactly regarding BB: even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while.

Yep. And that blind squirrel also found 6 Lombardi's. You on the other hand wanted to trade the #3 pick for Justin Fields.

Ochmed Jones · Apr 22, 2026

This draft has maybe 10-12 players with first round grades.
How teams stack their boards should lead to some players being drafted too early and some players falling.

In an ideal world, wolf does not take a guard with a 3rd round grade in the first round.

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