Looking at Jermaine Johnson and his potential fit with the New England Patriots in the upcoming 2022 NFL Draft.

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

Elam has the size, physicality, athleticism, and foot speed to be a very effective press man or zone corner at the next level.

“We won’t be calling any plays for a while,” Belichick said. “Don’t have any games for a while,” when he was asked about who will be calling the plays. 

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.

“the thought on Ojabo is that if you get him now, you could have a superstar at a critical position in two or three years.”

” if you’re looking for an off-the-ball linebacker outside of Round 1, Chad Muma from Wyoming is a great player.”

Smith could be shifted from the line to the backfield as an H-back or vice versa. One knock on the offense was that they were too predictable

Lloyd has an excellent combination of size, speed, athleticism, and playing experience. He is a sideline-to-sideline linebacker who offers very good coverage of backs and tight ends

Booth is easily among the top five corners coming out in the draft in 2022, providing both the ability to play man coverage or zone

McDuffie could be one of the league’s top corners before the end of his rookie contract according to NFL.com draft analyst Lance Zierlein.

“After the catch, Williams destroys pursuit angles with his speed. His production as a gunner on the punt team speaks to his competitiveness.

Booth is easily among the top five corners coming out in the draft in 2022, providing both the ability to play man coverage or zone

It’s only March 20… If the roster looked like this on August 18th, then the panic would be justified. Today, not so much. 

While there are definitely questions, and more moves at linebacker coming, they seem to be moving to a smaller, quicker group

The linebacking core was the cornerstone for the defense in several Super Bowls, but the times, like Bob Dylan said, “are a-changing”.

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.

NFL Combine news and notes from the recent 2022 workouts from Day 1.

“This offseason will be a big, big part of it, just getting stronger and cleaning up on my diet and all that,” Jones said.

Several online sources have been used to provide these thumbnail reports from the practices.  For the most part, I will highlight the players that have had positive results.  Some will be mentioned more than once as they impressed on both the 1st two days of practice and have been mentioned by multiple sources.

With the Patriots out of the playoffs, I will be focusing on the draft, the Patriot’s needs, and giving you a little background of players that I believe are Patriots-type players.