When's the last time the Patriots had an elite draft class? ... Can that change this year? Here's what their class could look like with jfmckessy's 7-round mock draft for New England. NFLDraft | ForeverNE
The New England Patriots have been in a weird spot ever since quarterback Tom Brady left for Tampa Bay. In the three years since, they’ve had just one winning season and a 25-25 record, partly due to the strange decisions that head coach and general manager Bill Belichick has made. The team had no real offensive coordinator in 2022 and has had bad draft classes just about every year since… 2012.
Ahead of free agency, here’s what a seven-round mock would look like for New England if I were its general manager.Quarterback Mac Jones needs some weapons around him, yes, but he also needs some better protection up front as a more stationary quarterback. Jones’ 34 sacks taken were 11th-most in the NFL last year, and on top of allowing sacks, left tackle Trent Brown was flagged 13 times, tied for second of all NFL offensive linemen.
With Kelly, New England gets a man coverage specialist, something that is music to Belichick’s ears. The Stanford product is sticky in man, doing well to disrupt receivers early in their routes before mirroring their movement and creating leverage advantages with his good footwork and technique.This is a spot I wanted to take a receiver, but the board didn’t quite fall the way I anticipated.
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