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Patriots Draft Prospect Review: Best Fits for New England and Final Thoughts · Patriots Unfiltered

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  Speaker 1: This is the Draft Prospect Review Podcast on Patriots dot
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  Speaker 1: Like now the writers of Patriots dot Com, We're back
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  Speaker 1: here at so Let's Stadium for our final Draft podcast preview.
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  Speaker 1: We're gonna wrap everything up today, give you a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of an overview on Wednesday as we head into
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  Speaker 1: Thursday night, the start of the draft for the twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty two NFL season, and the first round will take
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  Speaker 1: place Thursday night, But before then, a lot to talk
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  Speaker 1: about with the Patriots in particular, and we're gonna focus
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  Speaker 1: on some of those things right now. We'll start off
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  Speaker 1: just you know, we we've broken down all the positions.
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  Speaker 1: We've given you some of the guys that we like
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  Speaker 1: at the top of those positions, some guys that we
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  Speaker 1: think the Patriots might be interested in, and some guys
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  Speaker 1: maybe that would be candidates to go later on Day two,
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  Speaker 1: day three in the draft. But I want to get
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  Speaker 1: as as normal. I'm joined by Matise Bauman and Mike
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  Speaker 1: Do So I want to get your opinions. Tease I'll
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  Speaker 1: start with you just give me your positions of need
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  Speaker 1: in order. What you think should be the top of
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  Speaker 1: the priority list for the Patriots. Well, it's funny because
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  Speaker 1: every single position we did, I feel like there was
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  Speaker 1: always a prospect like, oh, he's a good fit, Like
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  Speaker 1: we really need somebody there. But I think it's really cornerback, edge,
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  Speaker 1: and receiver. You know, those are the three. Yeah, and
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  Speaker 1: I'd be fine with any of those being picked in
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  Speaker 1: the top one and two rounds. Yeah. I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: think you can make an argument for tackle, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, certainly wide receiver, certainly cornerback. When you see
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  Speaker 1: who departed, they were lacking depth there last year. Surprise,
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  Speaker 1: they never drafted anybody last season. Felt like this was coming.
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  Speaker 1: Seaun Wade they did bring in later in the process.
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  Speaker 1: Who knows, you know what kind of potential he has.
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  Speaker 1: But I agree, I think edge, edge, and cornerback defense.
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  Speaker 1: You know, think a lot of tension has been played
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  Speaker 1: to the linebacker position, and you know they've got a
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  Speaker 1: lot of guys there. I think that's that's the thing
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  Speaker 1: of you know, we talk about Devin Lloyd, Nakobe, Dean, guys.
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  Speaker 1: It would be available toward the end of that first round.
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  Speaker 1: But how do they feel about the guys that you know,
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  Speaker 1: Ray Kua McMillan last year was you know, they liked
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  Speaker 1: him early in camp, he towards ACL they resigned him.
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  Speaker 1: But you know he's coming off an a CL injury.
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  Speaker 1: Cameron mcgron drafted him last year. He didn't play after
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  Speaker 1: because of his a cl two years ago. So he's,
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  Speaker 1: you know, essentially a rookie this year. Brought in mac Wilson,
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  Speaker 1: brought back Jawan Bentley, Harvey Longie, Javadi Tavai, Tarez Hall.
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  Speaker 1: He was missing all last year. So a lot of questions,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of guys, but a lot of questions they're
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  Speaker 1: on the inside. How do they truly feel do they
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  Speaker 1: want to give those guys a chance? They want to
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  Speaker 1: give the other linebackers on the edge, like Ooja Jennings Perkins.
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  Speaker 1: Did those guys get a chance to line up alongside
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  Speaker 1: Matthew Judeon? So I think, for me defense, I want
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  Speaker 1: to come out of this draft feeling like, hey, we
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  Speaker 1: got a couple of guys that can come in and
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  Speaker 1: play immediately, make an impact, maybe have a you know,
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  Speaker 1: some kind of physical presence to them that re establishes
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  Speaker 1: this patriot's defense and gives them a new foundations as
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  Speaker 1: they move forward to compliment Matt Jones and these Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think that that corner would be my
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  Speaker 1: my one spot that I would say above all the others.
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  Speaker 1: But I totally agree with you guys and the way
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  Speaker 1: you talked about No, Mike, you know, gravitates toward the
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  Speaker 1: edge and in tease, you're you're not wrong when you
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  Speaker 1: talk about the linebackers and the receivers, and and we
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  Speaker 1: can't leave out the offensive line either. Now, I think
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  Speaker 1: a lot will depend at twenty one is to how
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  Speaker 1: it's so unpredictable. It's I know it's always unpredictable, but
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  Speaker 1: it seems this year there's less certainty. Even with the
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  Speaker 1: very first pick. You know, now you know it's it's Walker,
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  Speaker 1: and it had been Hudginson, you know, before you know
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  Speaker 1: the whole process started, it was Thibodeau. So who knows,
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  Speaker 1: you know, who's going to end up going at the
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  Speaker 1: top of the draft, and who knows if any quarterbacks
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  Speaker 1: end up throwing a monkey wrench into those plans. So
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  Speaker 1: I think the challenge for Bill Belichick is to sort
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  Speaker 1: of adapt to the way the board unfolds and then
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  Speaker 1: figure it out, because I think it's easy to say,
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  Speaker 1: like Mike said, well you gotta go defense, you got
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  Speaker 1: to fix this defense. But I think the defense, I
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  Speaker 1: think there's a couple of defenses in the league that
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  Speaker 1: can go out and stop and be really competitive with
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  Speaker 1: any offense. I think they need to to improve the
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  Speaker 1: offense to get it to a point where they can
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  Speaker 1: beat these teams, say, you know, thirty four or twenty eight,
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  Speaker 1: which is again that they couldn't win last year. I
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  Speaker 1: think they were, you know, over the season and games
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  Speaker 1: allowing twenty five or more points, so that that needs
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  Speaker 1: to change. You can't just rely on your defense holding
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  Speaker 1: you you know, under twenty and you know, finding your
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  Speaker 1: way to win. So I understand Mike's point about defense.
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  Speaker 1: I would tend to agree that I think that the
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  Speaker 1: bigger needs are on defense, but it's going to depend
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  Speaker 1: on how the board unfolds too. I think the big
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  Speaker 1: part of that is offensive line. And you know two
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  Speaker 1: guys that that stick out, Bernard Raymond and Trevor Penning,
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  Speaker 1: you know, two of the top tackles they don't, you know,
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  Speaker 1: always seem to be going by twenty one and I
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  Speaker 1: think they needed tackle, just given Isaiah Win's injury history,
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  Speaker 1: Trent Brown's injury history behind them. Justin Harran, I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, maybe he's a maybe he's a swing backup.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure if he's destined to be a starting
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  Speaker 1: left tackle or right tackle in the league. So I
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  Speaker 1: think there could certainly be an argument if one of
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  Speaker 1: those guys is there. I think overall, that might to
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  Speaker 1: me make the most sense to secure the tackle position.
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  Speaker 1: I know everyone is probably a little bit afraid of
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  Speaker 1: guard and the interior, but I mean, let's face it,
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  Speaker 1: they've lost both of their starters from last year. You
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  Speaker 1: really like Michael and when you coming back in and
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  Speaker 1: there's certainly four or five guards, Zion Johnson being one
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  Speaker 1: of them, that that's commonly mocked to them. So I
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  Speaker 1: really don't think that that's as big of a need
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  Speaker 1: to go immediately. But you know, to Paul's point, I
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  Speaker 1: think reinforcing a very important position. You know, one of
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  Speaker 1: those tackles goes down, right now, what do you kind
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  Speaker 1: of do when I go back to Nate's solder bringing
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  Speaker 1: him in, you know, knowing that Matt Light was coming
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  Speaker 1: toward the end, you had kind of a succession plan
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  Speaker 1: in place, and look what happened. You know, he gets
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  Speaker 1: thrust right into the fireplane, you know, across from him
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  Speaker 1: when Sebastian Bolman went down. So I like to see
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  Speaker 1: a little bit more forethought in terms of those positions.
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  Speaker 1: And I think tackle is a vital one. And I
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  Speaker 1: think that's a pick where although it's an offensive lineman,
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  Speaker 1: if you took one in the first round, you could
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  Speaker 1: say it's a necessary pick. And I think it could.
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  Speaker 1: It could help them, and it might be somebody that
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  Speaker 1: they need sooner than later. Yeah, I agree with the
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  Speaker 1: need at offensive line, and they could certainly go in
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  Speaker 1: that direction, and I think it would be a smart pick.
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  Speaker 1: I wouldn't necessarily be a sexy one or one that
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  Speaker 1: I'm happy with because I think they have so many
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  Speaker 1: other needs. But Tis, I'm going to tea you up
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  Speaker 1: right now, because I know you like to get You're
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  Speaker 1: enamored with the flashy toys. So I'm going to ask
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  Speaker 1: you wide receivers. Let's say the Patriots were at twenty
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  Speaker 1: one and all of a sudden you get to twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen.
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  Speaker 1: You know, somewhere where the Patriots could realistically get up
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  Speaker 1: to Is there a guy, a wide receiver that you
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  Speaker 1: think is worth moving up for. I would say Williams
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  Speaker 1: if he was healthy. But honestly, I think one of
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  Speaker 1: the Ohio State guys, like if a Lava slips and
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  Speaker 1: you know he's in the early teens, I think he
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  Speaker 1: might be worth it. Maybe Treylon Burke's too, Um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: just somebody. If you're getting a receiver that early. My
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  Speaker 1: thing is we get a first round player, they need
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  Speaker 1: to be a day one starter. So yeah, you know,
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  Speaker 1: a Lave or Treylon Burks. Yeah, and how do those
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  Speaker 1: guys fit in? Now You've got DeVante Parker coming in,
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  Speaker 1: so you do have a little bit of um, you know,
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  Speaker 1: veteran depth up above. And there's no question that they
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  Speaker 1: need to know, find elite talent and at that position
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  Speaker 1: and really give mac Jones, you know, just somebody who
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  Speaker 1: can you know, stretch the field horizontal, le vertically, whatever
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  Speaker 1: it is. But I think, you know, there's a lot
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  Speaker 1: of guys, and you know, we talked about runs. I
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  Speaker 1: think that's a great question with the receivers. You know,
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  Speaker 1: does all of a sudden somebody takes Wilson and here
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  Speaker 1: we go, Now, it's Williams and a lave and uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, and Burks I think is a fascinating one,
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  Speaker 1: a guy that we talked about a lot on the
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  Speaker 1: on the podcast we did about the wide receivers um.
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  Speaker 1: But somebody who can do a bunch of a bunch
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  Speaker 1: of different things for them. And but again you mentioned
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  Speaker 1: Christian Watson. I think he's an outstanding one. I think
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  Speaker 1: at bare minimum, I just would love to tap an
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  Speaker 1: interior player, you know, not someone who can plain in
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  Speaker 1: the slot, who can get open quick and bring some
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  Speaker 1: electricity into the middle. Nothing against you know, the guys
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  Speaker 1: that they have. I do think, you know, Kendrick Bourne's
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  Speaker 1: pretty good after the run. I'd love, you know, a
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  Speaker 1: little bit more explosion from Jacoby Myers. But I think
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  Speaker 1: that would be a nice compliment to the group that
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  Speaker 1: they have. But I think long term it's a huge need.
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  Speaker 1: I'd love to take two wide receivers in this draft,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Day two, day three, grab a couple of guys,
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  Speaker 1: round out the depth and try to build with an
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  Speaker 1: eye of the future with it would be you know,
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  Speaker 1: right in line to what the Patriots have done recently,
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  Speaker 1: because the depth that wide receiver has been incredible the
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  Speaker 1: last three or four years, and it's not considered to
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  Speaker 1: be quite as deep and quite as talented this year.
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  Speaker 1: So that's you know, it's perfect. You know, let's take
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  Speaker 1: one in the third and one in the fifth, you know. So,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, obviously I'm being tongue in cheek there. I
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  Speaker 1: do think that they need to find some explosiveness for
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  Speaker 1: the offense so they can keep up. But as I
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  Speaker 1: mentioned earlier, and just overall team speed. And that's why
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  Speaker 1: I'm sort of intrigued by the linebackers a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: You know, the Deans and the law, you know, those
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  Speaker 1: kinds of players. And I'm not gonna lie. I look
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  Speaker 1: around the league and I see some of these playmakers
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  Speaker 1: play and work out for their teams a little undersized,
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  Speaker 1: don't really fit the mold, and I wonder, you know,
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  Speaker 1: what would the Patriots defense look like one of those?
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  Speaker 1: Are they just going to be content to stick with
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  Speaker 1: Jawan Bentley? You know he body side he does. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I like him, but you know, I think that I
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  Speaker 1: think I think he's a fine player. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: that he's the explosive athlete that some of these other
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  Speaker 1: guys are. And I mean I'd like to see what
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  Speaker 1: the Patriots defense looks like with three down playmaker who's
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  Speaker 1: kind of in the mix on everything, whether it's a
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  Speaker 1: pass or a run. It's uh, it's certainly worth debating,
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  Speaker 1: you know, what is What has ray Kua McMillan got,
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  Speaker 1: What has mac Wilson got? What are those players? What
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  Speaker 1: do they look like here? Um? I think those are
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  Speaker 1: great questions. There's a lot of unproven guys. You've had
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  Speaker 1: a lot of departures of veterans Van Noy, High Tower,
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  Speaker 1: J C. Jackson, Jamie Collins, guys who played a lot
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  Speaker 1: of snaps over a lot time. I think you're seeing
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  Speaker 1: a reset of sorts here. I'll be curious how they
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  Speaker 1: compliment that, you know, with the draft. So before we
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  Speaker 1: wrap this up, tease, let's say the Patriots they sit
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  Speaker 1: tight at twenty one, and I'm gonna let you look
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  Speaker 1: at your crystal ball. What would you think that the
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  Speaker 1: Patriots might do. I think they're taking to Kobe Dean
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  Speaker 1: or Devin Lloyd. I think it's a safe pick. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he's going to be a leader here for a long time,
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  Speaker 1: can play three downs. I think it's a safe pick.
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  Speaker 1: You don't need to move up. He's right there. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's hard hard to argue with with with those two guys,
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  Speaker 1: and I go back and forth between the two of
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  Speaker 1: them of of how well they fit in here. But
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  Speaker 1: just to switch it up, I'm gonna go with the tackles.
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna say one of those guys, Raymond or Penning falls. Um.
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  Speaker 1: I think that though, that's a spot where you can
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  Speaker 1: get a player who will make an impact for a
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  Speaker 1: long time. And you know, maybe those are the guys
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  Speaker 1: you're not going to get if you trade down a
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  Speaker 1: little bit. So I think at twenty one, maybe maybe
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  Speaker 1: an offensive tackle. Yeah, and I'm gonna go corner. Um.
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  Speaker 1: You know, I think McDuffie probably won't be still there,
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  Speaker 1: so maybe I'll go Andrew Booth. But I think there's
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  Speaker 1: a chance. And again it's it all always changes based
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  Speaker 1: on the way, uh, you know, the board unfolds in
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  Speaker 1: front of them. You can't just say, well, they're gonna
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  Speaker 1: take a corner and then all of a sudden, you know, Booth, McDuffie, Sauce, Stingley,
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  Speaker 1: They're all gone. You know, I'm not just gonna take
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  Speaker 1: like the seventh corner just because well it says here,
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna take a corner. I got to adjust at
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  Speaker 1: that point. But I think I think someone will someone
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  Speaker 1: will slip and they'll be able to get a pretty
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  Speaker 1: good player. You know, I'm not convinced that McDuffie will
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  Speaker 1: be gone. I think there's a chance that he could fit.
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  Speaker 1: I actually like his teammate too, But not in the
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  Speaker 1: first round Kylie Gordon. Um. You know, maybe on day two.
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  Speaker 1: But corner is a position. I think they have to
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  Speaker 1: come out with some corner that I would be very
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  Speaker 1: surprised if they do not take a cornerback in this draft.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I was surprised last year that they didn't.
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  Speaker 1: And to be honest, you know, we all have our reactions,
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  Speaker 1: but there's I mean, all all the positions we're talking
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  Speaker 1: about are valid, and as much as we don't want
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  Speaker 1: a guard, if they took a guard at some point
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  Speaker 1: in the first day or two, it's you get why
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  Speaker 1: we'd all certainly prefer somebody who's gonna make an impact
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  Speaker 1: on the defense or make an impact on the offense
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  Speaker 1: in terms of playmaking. But there's a lot of needs.
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  Speaker 1: So it's it's it's not going to be hard to
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  Speaker 1: kind of read the tea leaves of why they took
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  Speaker 1: a lot of different players in a lot of different positions. Right,
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  Speaker 1: we'll have a lot more for you obviously as the
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  Speaker 1: weekend unfolds. Will be with you Thursday night live for
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  Speaker 1: himself into a great pick, So you have that to
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