Mock Draft Monday EP3: Patriots Draft BEST Player In The Class, Sleeper WR and OT

[@ciscob1]

Thank you for Mock Mondays. I love it.

[@PatriotsDrive]

No Problem! Thanks for the Support!

[@PALITINEB00RS]

Carter or Hunter....Trey Smith and Ronnie Stanley will be free agents as OL... we also have a huge shot at Higgins...Dream scenario would be getting Carter, and trading for Micah next year...

[@gregseamone974]

You have to get free agents here.Hunter isn' t coming..

[@gregseamone974]

I could see Vrable going with edge with 4 and get his former edge out of Cleveland.That helps corner backs

[@PatriotsDrive]

Not sure how likely the Parsons trade would be, but that would be so fun to watch. Other than that I love the plan you laid out here. Only concern is if the patriots will want to have two guards on the roster making $20M a year (Trey smith and Mike Owenu).

[@morgann1862]

I’d pass on Hunter. I’d rather have Tmac if you’re going wideout.

[@Mptappin12]

Michael Parsons is not gonna be on the patriots. However like you said, I would love either Hunter or Carter, if we can address offensive line in free agency. And Higgins is still on the table. If we can address O line but we can’t get Carter or Hunter, draft Tet McMillan or Trade down for Luther burden

[@BradyA-p4q]

I would love Abdul Carter. OUR New England Patriots would be our Micah Parsons

[@jamesdemaio265]

Would love to see them get McMillan.

[@PatriotsDrive]

I also love Tet

[@Steve-ms9bu]

Carter have to be accounted for, i love this pick👍🏽

[@chrismurphy5787]

I did one yesterday off current PFF and had Carter and Higgins too.

[@LightShadows.]

Give me Carter LFG !!! 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

[@johnvalentine5917]

Solid draft I like going two routes 1st route 1st round Edge Abdul Carter 2nd round DT Deone Walker 3rd round WR Isaiah Bond 3rd round LT Jack Nelson 2nd route 1st round WR Tetairoa McMillan 2nd round LG Tyler booker 3rd round LT Jack Nelson 3rd round RT Chase Lundt

[@PatriotsDrive]

@@johnvalentine5917 I do love going TMac in round 1. I think he is a bigger more athletic Tee Higgins and he will cost less money….

[@googlechicken]

I’m totally out on Bond he has shown me nothing I’d go Savion Williams from TCU He is a Feldman Freak 6-4, 228, runs in the 4.4s and has a 40” vertical he also had 300+ rushing with 4 TDs He will start flying up draft boards after the combine and though a little raw he has shown he has good releases and gets open and is a yac monster go look at his film. They don’t make many humans like him

[@marioyoshi4985]

I'm very excited that we're getting a new coach now we can start something fresh and do good and win games not setting their stabbing ourselves in the eye

[@MarcDionne-d2x]

Isnt our #1 issue our offensive line?

[@Robert-de4tr]

Always take the best player. Oline this year isn’t a for sure thing plus there are someone late rounds and a nasty guard in Jenkins from bears and becton and the ravens rt as well as the chiefs rg

[@markanderson-hc1tz]

If the Patriots end up with Hunter, Carter or Tmac at #4 I won't complain. But they definately need to address OL on day two and free agency.

[@JonStark117]

*They need to address the OLine in free agency. They have the money, go out and bring some vets short term to help replace the practice squad we put out last year. This isn’t a good tackle draft and we shouldn’t reach or settle for one at the top of the draft.*

[@CarlosMartinez-lx1bl]

You sign some good linemen in free agency you absolutely do not draft a linemen in the top 3 picks HELL NO

[@cameronjohnson7347]

@@JonStark117 couldn’t have said it better. What’s the point of having almost $100 million in cap space if you don’t put out a good product. Spend that money!!!

[@googlechicken]

I’m trading down and hoping to pick up an extra 2nd rd pick and then here is my mock 1st rd Armond Membou OT Missouri 2nd rd Elic Ayomanor WR Stanford 2nd rd Jack Sayer Edge Ohio St 3rd Rd Savion Williams WR TCU 3rd Tez Johnson WR Oregon

[@jamilcampbell5810]

You failed to mention free agency…🤔

[@ryanmajor5800]

Abdul Carter is a legit elite talent. Penn state rushers have quite the gambit of outcomes. Higgins good player, I like how attacks the ball. #38 is a reach for him. Zy I have to watch some more tape but looks like an athlete, I also think we should be signing CB2. Jack Nelson is going to be a starting RT in the NFL, he does deff lunge too much. He’ll never be elite but will be solid.

[@PatriotsDrive]

@@ryanmajor5800 I believe Abdul Carter is the BEST player in this class…. Hard to pass on that!

[@JonStark117]

Cam Skattebo would be a phenomenal Day 2 pick. They need to either cut or trade Rhamondre.

[@PatriotsDrive]

I love this RB class so I will for sure be taking one soon!

[@TT-se6qo]

Live the Abdul carter pick, after that though one of my issues with the pats in general is they don’t have athletes. Another big non high end separating receiver and a cb on the lower end of sb athleticism isn’t the direction they should be going in. Nelson’s not a bad flyer to take though

[@michaelmorrison112]

Mason Graham!!!

[@bgizze01]

Glad to see a mock draft where we not drafting a cb 2 at 4… like this mock

[@oramzzyy8075]

This the one 🤌🏽

[@PatriotsDrive]

@@oramzzyy8075 it would be 🔥

[@mattHutch26]

I like Savion Williams more if we go Abdul carter in the first and that we can address CB pretty easily in free agency with all this cap space

[@PatriotsDrive]

@@mattHutch26 I will for sure be taking Savion Williams in a Mock Draft soon! I do think he needs to be in a specific offense that uses him right. He is like a gadget player!

[@mattHutch26]

@ agreed but he’s also very tall and very strong which is exactly what the pats need at WR

[@DrigoArtsFX]

McMillan at 4, Conerly Jr. At 38

[@Cussingthediscussion]

I dont think we should waste firdt pick on a pass rusher we shpuld focus on either oline or wr

[@PatriotsDrive]

Patriots desperately need a pass rusher, and Carter might be the best player in the entire draft. People are talking about the Titans taking him first overall. The issue with O-line is that their isn't a true stud tackle worth taking at the number 4 pick. And the best wide receiver may or may not be worth that pick as well. But Carter is one of the few elite talents in this draft.

[@wesmckenna8287]

Depending on his knee health, I believe Vrable would want to trade back and take LT Simmons. The edge position is the deepest in the draft, doesn’t make sense to use your top pick to take one per say. While I like Carter, I think you could utilize assets more effectively.

[@PatriotsDrive]

@@wesmckenna8287 that would allow for a trade back and more draft capital!

[@gregseamone974]

Simmons is pegged to go late in the first round

[@wesmckenna8287]

@@gregseamone974 then maybe they could take the edge and then trade back into the 1st and take an edge and a tackle both with a 5 year option 🤝🏻

[@petermarshall6577]

Connerly in round 2

[@PatriotsDrive]

@@petermarshall6577 I do like Conerly a lot! I’m excited to see how he tests

[@jungleent9714]

We need a OL

[@jasonj5292]

the o line class this year is trash for the top of the draft

[@SbLox]

Jayden Higgins is too early

[@PatriotsDrive]

I think Higgins is a Michael Pittman type player who will climb up boards throughout the process

[@googlechicken]

I have Savion Williams better than Higgins

[@MrSPS6786]

McMillan not Carter to small NFL

[@PatriotsDrive]

Abdul Carter is listed at the same size as Micah parsons, and a few pounds heavier. Parsons seems to be doing alright so far with that size

[@CP-vd4me]

I think we need to stop idolizing this “big, contested catch, X” because they rarely ever produce in the pros unless paired with an elite separator. Getting McMillan, or Tee Higgins, or whoever you want that fits that mold doesn’t help the Patriots offense in anyway. Another slow WR that can’t create any separation doesn’t open up our other WRs. The idea was to pair Higgins with Travis Hunter and now you have two guys who complement each other. That’s extremely unlikely to happen, and I still think they should look to add Higgins, but if they don’t get him (which is likely considering he’s prominent on taking a pay cut to stay in Cinci) the Patriots just need to move on with what they have unfortunately. If they took AD Mitchell last year, they wouldn’t even be talking about needing an X WR, but they viewed Thornton as a starter. With Maye, the Patriots should be targeting a deep threat separator like Jordan Addison, AD Mitchell (who was supposed to replace Alec Pierce before he popped off), BTJ, one of those types. I also hate the Ladd stuff because Ladd was never going to be a Patriot. You don’t replace your best offensive weapon when you have almost every other position to fill, end of story. To expand on the Higgins thing, I would rather take a proven contested catch guy then pick another bust (N’keal Harry, Ja’Lynn Polk, Kelvin Benjamin, Kevin White, the list is literally endless of these guys)

[@PatriotsDrive]

DK, AJ Brown, Tee Higgins, Drake London, Nico Collins, Mike Evans, Michael Pittman etc all are big X WR. IF you can find one they are game changers imo that are hard to matchup against. They will never be ELITE separators at that size which is why you have to surround them with other good route runners. I believe if you find a better outside option it makes it easier for Pop, Boutte and Polk to be more valuable.

[@CP-vd4me]

@ what I am getting at is most of those names are not the same as the players like McMillan or Jayden Higgins. DK, AJ Brown, Nico Collins, Mike Evans are elite downfield separators. Drake London, George Pickens and Tee Higgins (you can throw Mike Williams in there too if you want) don’t have elite speed. I also am the biggest hater of Drake London because he’s a worse version of what Kyle Pitts should be, and if the Falcons took the elite separators like Garrett Wilson or Chris Olave, they would’ve been miles better as a team. They need an outside option, but grouping guys like DK and AJ Brown with George Pickens, and Drake London is not correct. Two totally different skill sets. We need a DK, not a Drake London. If we had a fast Z, then a Drake London and George Pickens is more valuable, but for one of the slowest WR groups in the NFL, the last thing we need is another slow WR. There’s a reason why these contested catch guys fail more than any other type, it’s because they fully rely on being more athletic than the corner, and it’s a lot easier to do in college than the pros. Corners are also getting a lot bigger than they used to be

[@PatriotsDrive]

@@CP-vd4me Drake London had almost 200 more yards then Wilson this year. I believe Tmac has the ability to be like DK, AJ and Nico. He is so athletic for his size and can move so well he will have no problem with it imo. Higgins I can see, he wasnt great at YAC and inst the most dynamic but TMac is ELITE imo

[@CP-vd4me]

@ this was Londons first year over 1,000 yards. Garrett Wilson has done that every year with MUCH worse QB play. They’re not even in the same tier of WR. And I just don’t see it with McMillan. I think he would be elite on the Cowboys to be paired with Ceedee Lamb, but that’s really the only spot I can see where he would be a difference maker. Like compared to last years WRs, he’s in a tier lower than Odunze, BTJ, and AD Mitchell for most people including myself. I value separators much more because they excel in the pros. It’s why there’s a lot of slot guys that are late round picks, because speed and separation translates, being more athletic than others doesn’t. It’s why I have Hunter and Burden above McMillan. McMillan just isn’t worth a top 8 pick imo because you can get a guy with nearly an identical skillset in the third round EASILY. If Carter or Hunter are there, that’s pretty much a lock, but if not, trade down a few spots, if you can, and take Campbell or Banks. I’m not in love with this tackle class either, but if you miss out on the 2/4 blue chip players in this draft (the others being Mason Graham and Will Johnson) that are in a position of need, just take the best available linemen

[@PatriotsDrive]

@@CP-vd4me If I was ranking Tet in last years class I would have had him at WR3 behind Nabers and MHJ. Now BTJ had a killer year but going into the draft last year I would have liked TMac better then Odunze. I have faith in TMac because there inst another 6'5" guy who is as athletic as him and has his frame. there are just not many dudes who can do what TMac does and has his size.

[@paulonikit]

I want will Campbell. trade the pick and move 3 spots if it’s able to get him and land a 3 round, get Deone walker second round, chase Lundt, Isaiah bond and Tyler booker with 3rd rounds

[@cryptomont7898]

My only thing with Will campbell is that I think he will be a guard granted hall of fame potential at guard bur we need tackle

[@PatriotsDrive]

If Campbell ends up having good arm length numbers at the combine, I think he’d be more in play for a top 5-8 pick. At the moment most people project him to be a guard but that could change

[@adrianbluepythons]

I want tackle #4 overall. Carter looks amazing but I am unsure about his small frame translating

[@PatriotsDrive]

If you worry about Carters frame you should also worry about Banks and Campbells arm length and them most likely being OG

[@adrianbluepythons]

@ I think Banks has long enough arms

[@emanstatom]

@@PatriotsDrivefacts bro. This OT class is most definitely very weak. When you have a number 1 draft pick you always go towards most talented than draft someone who isn’t as talented and become a bust.

[@k.t.robinson6339]

Not a good graft grade lol lol

[@MMAMike22]

Trade down to 8-10 and pick up a 2nd round pick and draft Will Campbell. Tackle is biggest need; have to protect Drake. Vrabel likes to build the team in the trenches first. The extra 2nd rounder use on WR or edge.

[@PatriotsDrive]

All depends on Campbells arm length. Id still be worried about taking him if his arms are right around 33"