Alright so I did two mock drafts. I really liked both and parts of them are similar but they're at the same time very different, really because of one pick. Both were once again done with fanspeak.com's On The Clock tool and Bleacher Reports' Matt Miller's draft board.
Pick 1:23 Mock #1 - Lamar Jackson, QB, Louisville The Patriots are rumored to love Jackson, he has played in a similar system to the one the Patriots play, and, as Belichick once so famously said, we all know Brady's contract and age. Imagine the rumors and news that hit if the Patriots do indeed draft the former Heisman trophy winner. Mock #2 - Kolton Miller, OT, UCLA It is no secret that left tackle is a need after Nate Solder jumped on the Fung Wah bus to NYC. Kolton Miller is considered one of the top tackles in this draft and the Patriots are clearly interested, as he has visited Foxboro to meet with the team. Pick 1:31 Mock #1 - Kolton Miller, OT, UCLA Why would I write something about Miller when I already did. Scroll up a smidge. Mock #2 - Leighton Vander Esch, LB, Boise State As I said in a previous mock draft, Vander Esch fills up the box score. He can do it all and the Pats are in desperate need of a LB, especially one with the skill set of Vander Esch. Pick 2:11 Mock #1 - Christian Kirk, WR, Texas A&M Kirk is the best slot receiver in the draft. Edelman is a year older and coming off a serious injury. And Danny Amendola is in Miami. Kirk is another guy who the Patriots have met with. If he's available in the second round they should pounce. Mock #2 - Christian Kirk, WR, Texas A&M Like I said, if he's there they need to take him. Pick 2:31 Mock #1 - Hayden Hurst, TE, South Carolina Who knows what's happening with Rob Gronkowski. Even if he's prepared to come back and play five more seasons for the Patriots, there are questions about his ability to stay healthy and the Patriots offense was at its best with two tight ends. Dwayne Allen is not the answer as the second tight end. Mock #2 - Hayden Hurst, TE, South Carolina I told you there were a lot of similarities in these mock drafts. Pick 3:31 Mock #1 - Darius Leonard, LB, South Carolina State Oddly enough it took until the fifth pick for the Patriots to address their defense. Since we missed out on Vander Esch in this mock, we have to grab our LB a few rounds later. One scouting report I saw used Wesley Woodyard as the comparison for Leonard. That's someone the Patriots would take every day and twice on Sunday's, which is good since that's when they play. Mock #2 - Duke Ejiofor, Edge, Wake Forest Ejiofor is another guy who visited with the Patriots. While they do have some good young talent on the line, including Derek Rivers who is coming back from injury, you can never have enough talent rushing the passer. Pick 6:24 Mock #1 - Shaun Dion Hamilton, LB, Alabama Hamilton seems to be a very talented player who will see his stock drop because of injuries. At this point in the draft you take a shot on someone who has injury problems if you believe they can help out when healthy. He was also a top prospect coming out of high school. The talent is there, he just needs to stay healthy. He's also smart as he was the valedictorian of his high school class, which he graduated a year early from. Mock #2 - Christian Sam, LB, Arizona Another LB. It's a need. They visited with Sam. Not much else to say here. Pick 6:36 Mock #1 - Joe Ostman, Edge, Central Michigan Similar to what I said about Ejiofor, you can never have enough pass rushers. Ostman Mock #2 - Damon Webb, S, Ohio State At first, I didn't think safety was a huge need. Then I thought about it a little more. Devin McCourty is wildly overrated and overpaid. They love Patrick Chung. Duron Harmon just got caught smuggling weed into Costa Rica. And after that you have Jordan Richards and a bunch of other slobs or special team specialists. May as well at least get another safety as a backup so Jordan Richards isn't your best option. Pick 7:1 Mock #1 - Tre Flowers, S, Oklahoma State Flowers was the pick for two reasons here. One, exactly what I stated above with Webb. Two, his name, obviously. How could they pass on another Tre(y) Flowers on defense? Mock #2 - Darrel Williams, RB, LSU Williams was not the guy at LSU, as Derrius Guice was the work horse (and a first round pick in this mock) for the Tigers. The Patriots lost their main guy to the Titans and usually find their running backs after the first day of the draft. May as well take a flyer since two of the backs on the roster (Hill and Gilislee) have struggled mightily recently. View mock draft #1 in its entirety here. View mock draft #2 in its entirety here.
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SAMUEL PERICOLOSam is a graduate of Assumption College where he studied History, Marketing, and Political Science and was a Co-Producer on a weekly sports talk television show. Archives
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