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Wild card who could make an impact for 2011 Patriots

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If the Patriots draft a defensive lineman in April’s draft it will add yet another young body to a growing group. While we’re all familiar with names like Ty Warren, Brandon Deaderick, and Kyle Love, second year player Kade Weston isn’t often considered when talking about returning defensive linemen.

At 6’ 5" and 317 pounds Weston is the ideal size for a defensive end in the Patriots scheme. And have played in the vaunted SEC is a reason that it might be interesting to see what Weston can do.

Put it this way… Deaderick and Love are big guys, and in the picture below you can see that Weston is even bigger than both of them.

Kade Weston Patriots

Weston suffered an internal injury in the preseason game against the Falcons and required surgery. There’s no question he needed some time to develop anyways, but considering the Patriots spent a draft pick on him they must’ve seen some potential in him. He’ll be one guy under the radar to keep an eye on.

Kade Weston Patriots

Jeff Howe: Top 10 Patriots Draft Prospects

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Jeff Howe: Top 10 Patriots Draft Prospects

I like how Howe does it here instead of wasting our time with a mock draft I think it’s far better to just list guys who fit what the Patriots do. By April the Patriots will have a surprisingly small list of prospects that they like (some estimates to the size of their draft board is in the 30s). That’s what makes it easier to wheel and deal and figure out how to get those guys you want most.

Eventually we’ll try to provide the same thing here, but as you can see from our draft page it’s still very much a work in progress as we learn more and more about the prospects.

Today in things Patriots fans can feel good about…

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It was a rough year for Brandon Spikes off the field. First you had the leaked video chat footage of him, his lady, and a huge black snake, then he got suspended four games for taking ADD medication just as he was starting to hit his stride.

On the field however it was a pretty good season for Spikes. He filled a role that the Pats badly needed, that of Mike linebacker in the 3-4. As you can see in the video below Spikes comes downhill hard, often blowing up offensive lineman into the backfield. He slowly got better at recognizing play action, culminating with a great interception of Mark Sanchez in the 45-3 game that basically ensured it wasn’t even going to be close.

It should be a great offseason for Spikes to get refocused off the field and start anew on the 2011 season. His run stopping presence should be felt for many years.