DRAFT DAY DISCUSSION Official Patriots Draft Day 3 Thread - Rounds 4-7

[mgteich]

The OL was a huge issue last year and before the draft.

Before the draft, Belichick addressed the OT position in free agency. He judged what would be available in the draft. He brought in Coach Klemm and one of his students (McDermott). He brought in Anderson and Reiff. Brown is coming back, as well as Cujuste.

OT Going Into Camp
Brown
Reiff
Anderson
McDermott
Cajuste
Steuber

After the first round, it is doubtful that any OT was high on Belichik's board. Certainly, White was judged to add much more to the team at 46. After that Belichick was done at OT (if not before that)
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IOL Going Into Camp
Strange
Andrews
Onwenu
Hines
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Ferentz
Russey
Andrews
Sow
Mafi
YES, I'm glad Belichick focused on IOL's in the 4th and 5th.

 

[Jovak]

Take a tackle...any tackle

This is ridiculous. They aren't going to draft players that they don't think can play.

 

[upstater1]

Cole Strange.

What? He was a starter. Not a backup.

OK, I'm done. I don't even know what you're trying to say. I'll ignore from now on

 

[Give Kraft A Hand]

What? He was a starter. Not a backup.

OK, I'm done. I don't even know what you're trying to say. I'll ignore from now on

You said name a guard. Just one.

 

[upstater1]

These hicks needed to say HOY to their FAME-illy before announcing the next pick

 

[JMC00]

Good pick

 

[upstater1]

You said name a guard. Just one.

Holy cow--a backup . This is the whole conversation. Who was backing up Andrews, Strange and Onwenu. The answer was Bill Murray and Ferentz. This is why we're having the conversation. We needed IOL and we shored up the middle of our lines.

 

[*ChungFu*]

Eisen screws with Pats coverage at every turn. FukdaJests

 

[Ross12]

Finally....and it's Kayshon Boutte. This is a gamble but has high upside.Like it a lot

This guy is a 1st round talent if he gets healthy.

 

[borg]

 

[TomPatriot]

A wide receiver!

 

[Boomer B]

Boutte. I like it for this round. Talented but some baggage

 

[DarrylS]

Interesting Piece on Kayshon Boutte in the Baton Rouge editions of the NOLA paper..

LSU's Kayshon Boutte was a likely first-round pick. Now, he's an NFL draft mystery.

The first time many NFL evaluators noticed Kayshon Boutte, he sliced through Ole Miss in the final game of his freshman year. That chilly, rainy day, he burst for three

www.theadvocate.com

 

[patsfanfromoversea]

wow Boutte great pick and upside here imo

 

[Username]

If he gets his head straight, and focuses on his game, he has serious potential.

He has shown a tendency to just coast on his talent and not putting the work in

 

[Give Kraft A Hand]

Holy cow--a backup . This is the whole conversation. Who was backing up Andrews, Strange and Onwenu. The answer was Bill Murray and Ferentz. This is why we're having the conversation. We needed IOL and we shored up the middle of our lines.

You asked me to name a guard after that. Again, you can go through the depth chart last year and point out the ****ty guards they had. We've all been here, we all know who was on the team.

 

[DaBruinz]

Boutte is young. Hasn't turned 21 yet. Interesting..

 

[Easywolf32]

Hahaha Big Bouutteee LOL

 

[DarrylS]

What looks like a good pick reduces a lot of ill will..

 

[ralmat55]

If you go back and look and you'll see that they had other dedicated STers then as well. Chris Akins and Je'Rod Cherry were two others. People just didn't recognize it the way we do now.

Thanks. I remember Cherry. Don’t remember Akins. There was a time when Bill was criticized for playing starters too much on STs.