Patriots Rumors:

Pro Football Focus had Winovich as their 29th highest rated player going into the draft, so the Pats bringing him in at #77 is pretty good value

At first glance, the team has a deep, strong, solid base, especially along the offensive line and at cornerback. So, how is the team shaping up post draft?

Bolden remarked Miami was like “going away to college” but is happy to be back. I’m happy to be back, excited to get back to work. I missed this place.”

The Patriots can trade up or down, So we’ll go with a commonly believed scenario that they try to trade up to get a playmaker that they sorely need.

Belichick added that the goal, is to come away “as good a predictor as possible as to how the player will fit in and perform on our team, and in our system,

we’d have a scrimmage at the Cleveland Browns, and Belichick would chew my butt out, man. He’d say, ‘Let the players play.’

I used the big board of Matt Miller, from Bleacher Report, who I like to read when it comes to draft prospects).

Tedy Bruschi descibed Mayo as an “old soul.” While a player, Mayo was considered a coach on the field and many of the players called him “Bill Jr.”

This list isn’t meant to be all-encompassing, there are other players out there who would fit, this is just a few that we like here.

Besides Gronkowski, maybe… the position consists of Jacob Hollister, Ryan Izzo, Stephen Anderson, and the newly signed Matt Lacosse.

With the FA losses of both Trent Brown and swing tackle LaAdrian Waddle, the tackle position on the Patriots offensive line has gotten much thinner.

But they probably will try to swing a trade with a team that has a wide receiver on the final year of his contract, like how they got Brandin Cooks.

“But now that I’m here, I love it. I love being a Patriot obviously because it is all about winning. I think everything is about being team-first,”

Burleson said about the Patriots roster building, “It’s not about where you are, it’s about where you’re headed.” Really good stuff there.

Flowers has arguably been the Patriots best defensive player for the past three years and has led the team in sacks in those three