With FA looming, how do you *want* the Pats to use their first draft pick?

[cupofjoe1962]

Offense !
I want offense, T, WR “prefer trade”, TE

The last thing I want to here, we drafted D & he is a bit of a tweener. I hate tweeners, as much as drafting cornerbacks in the 2nd round.

 

[mgteich]

Wright, Harrison, Jones, and Freeland all tested well at the combine. They will all be available later in the 1st after trading down, and might be better than the top 3. I would prefer the best of the 2nd four OTs PLUS an additional 2nd or 3rd.

fair enough. I would much prefer one of the top 3 OT's.

As an aside, a trade to 24 with JAX theoretically get us a 3rd (their 56). You "should be able to get ONE of the 2nd set of OT's. but not necessarily the best of them.

 

[mgteich]

The value is setting up right to trade down, pick up an extra 2nd, and still draft an OT.

Perhaps the best value is to get a stud at 14, perhaps one of the top corners, and then trade up into the first to pick an OT, using a 2nd and a 3rd.
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If the second set of OT at the bottom of the first is so good, this seems to be a viable strategy, getting us two key starters.
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[ctpatsfan77]

Not that this is likely, but if SEA wants to trade up in the first round, NE could offer 14 and 46 for 20, 37, and 83.