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The Pats will have a very thin draft, just in terms of sheer numbers, unless they find ways to get more picks. I was wondering what avenues other posters thought might be out there for the Pats to get more. My first thought was trading the rights to Brian Waters. He hasn't retired, right? And...

So I went back and did an analysis of the Patriots' history with trading back in the draft, to try to get a line on how frightened we should be about the Saints trade involving Mark Ingram. I wanted to see how often the Pats ended up winning these trade-back moves. In the process of doing so, I...

I found this article on three tight end formations and wondered if this might be a reason behind the Patriots' recent draft strategies. In the last two years we've drafted three tight ends, two running backs, and two athletic offensive linemen -- and we used a lot of 3TE sets last year. Maybe...

It wouldn't be a BB draft without WTF picks. To review: STEVAN RIDLEY: Not a true Belichickian WTF pick, in the sense that most fans had actually heard of Ridley, were readily able to find information about him after the pick, and could in fact picture a place on the roster for the player. The...

Every year we all do a million mock drafts and read through all the draft guides -- and yet every year BB manages to make picks that shock almost everybody. How is that possible? How can we still have WTF picks when for years now we've all been expecting the unexpected? I went back and...

I know the defensive line is a big strength of this team, but I'm somewhat surprised we haven't gone after Robaire Smith. I'm assuming we're going to lose either Wilfork or Warren to free agency sooner or later -- probably Warren -- and behind our big three we really only have Jarvis Green and...