It’s hard not to look at the selection of Christian Gonzalez with a fair amount of optimism, especially given some of the recent history when it comes to how much success the New England Patriots have had with an extremely competent cornerback lining up on the outside.

There was a lot of talk after this weekend about the team not landing an impact player on offense in the early rounds of this weekend’s NFL Draft, but the selection in round one of Christian Gonzalez may end up being a massive key to New England’s success mov

Boutte is one of the more intriguing guys in the Patriots’ draft, I can’t wait to see if he can recapture his high level of play.

I have been following the draft prospects since the 1st week of January.  I think I had one mock draft with Christian Gonzalez going to the Patriots.  In my final Mock Draft, I posted 4 scenarios for the Patriots’ first selection.  Little did I know that both #4 and #1 would end up happening.

Heading into the first round of Thursday night’s NFL Draft, the hope was that the Patriots would be able to come away with an impact player, especially for a team that needed to bounce back from a disappointing 2022 season. They ended up doing just that, as well as adding some additional currency that will potentially even help them in the coming days as they continue building their roster.

Here’s what Patriots director of player personnel Matt Groh had to say following the New England Patriots 2023 First round selection of Christian Gonzalez Thursday night.

The Patriots traded out of the 14th overall spot, which didn’t surprise anyone on Thursday night during the league’s Round 1 coverage of the 2023 NFL Draft.