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The schedule is out and it is brutal.   The Patriots have 5 Prime Time night games, probably the result of being a playoff team last year.

For 18 consecutive seasons, an Undrafted Free Agent (UDFA) has made the opening day roster of the Patriots.  Quinn Nordin, the only UDFA the Patriots signed last year, made the opening roster. 

With the 2022 NFL Draft in the books, it’s time to look back and give an honest evaluation of what the Patriots did this week.

Michael Holley proclaimed on the NBC Sports Boston live draft coverage stated the Patriots can’t lose.  Want to make a bet?  This pick came out of nowhere and even if this pick turns out to be the second coming of Logan Mankins, it will still be a reach.

It’s finally Draft Day, something we have been preparing for since December.  This will be a complete 1st round projection.  T

Here is my Mock Draft 6.0, the final all Patriots Mock Draft before the actual event starting Thursday night.  

This Mock Draft Board is to simulate the Draft Board the Patriots actually use.

Now that the Free Agent Frenzy has subsided and most teams have filled their needs or at least exhausted their budget, we can look at the needs that remain and could be filled by the draft.

New England Patriots 2022 Mock Draft #4 and thoughts on the trade for

Here are some results since my last article, good and bad.  The scouts say that a bad combine or Pro Day doesn’t hurt the players since they have so much film on them.  The videos have become so sophisticated they can tell the scouts how fast you are actually running.  Game speed versus running in shorts.

A look at some college prospects and reactions to the Patriots early free agent moves.

This is a Post Combine Mock Draft using Pro Football Focus Mock Draft Simulator.  The Mock Draft was conducted on Monday, March 7th.

You know how Bill Belichick loves his special team players.

NFL Network opens the coverage by showing the glamour event, the 40-yard dash.

I was shocked at how well all the backs caught the ball.  Usually, you have one or two that can catch.  We knew that James Cook and Kyren Williams were going to catch well.  When the running backs went through the catching drills nearly all the backs performed well.