Patriots Go Defense in Draft, Add Versatile Playmakers

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Patriots Go Defense in Draft, Add Versatile Playmakers
By: Steve Balestrieri

?Some guys do one thing very well, other guys have some versatility, other guys can do a lot of different things. Whatever their deal is, it is. And that's what they come with.? Bill Belichick...

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[Uncle Rico]

Good stuff.

Greg Bedard had a nice piece on this in today's Globe:

The Patriots now have linemen - Trevor Scott, Jones, Bequette, Jermaine Cunningham, and Markell Carter - who can drop back and play linebacker.

Hightower is the type of linebacker who can easily move down the line in situations.

In the secondary, Steve Gregory, Wilson, Patrick Chung, Ebner, and Josh Barrett can play linebacker in sub packages and effectively play the run.

Cornerbacks Devin McCourty, Gregory, Chung, Wilson, Dennard, Sterling Moore, and Malcolm Williams all have the ability to play safety.

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the Patriots set off into an offseason of great expectations with a defense that can emerge like a chameleon when the season starts. No one knows what it will eventually look like. That’s likely the way it will go week to week during the season, especially when opponents try to game plan offensively.