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State of the Patriots, on eve of the draft – Patriots – Boston.com
It will be interesting to see if there is a true competition between Ridley and Bolden for primary ball carrier. Before Bolden’s four-game suspension in 2012, he was challenging Ridley for touches, even as Ridley was on his way to the fourth-best rushing season in team history.
PatsPropaganda & Frenz Podcast: Final Draft Preview 04/24 11am EST
Join Frenz and I as we breakdown the draft and discuss our favorite prospects and the most popular ones in various mock drafts.
2013 NFL Draft: New England Patriots spotlight – CBSSports
The only drawback with that for this year is they only have five total picks, perhaps the byproduct of so many previous draft-day deals, so there ability to manipulate the draft board might not be as great as it’s been in the past. Either way, the Patriots will be among the major players as they look to fill a variety of needs. Often, their best picks have come in the later rounds, so it’ll be interesting to see what they do in the second and third.
Breaking Down a First-Down Fix for the Patriots Defense
This is a column from a couple of weeks ago that reflects a lot of my thinking headed into the draft as to which positions can most help the defense. It comes down to sacrificing some run-stopping focus to be better against the pass, especially in base defense.
29 JOHN CYPRIEN FS FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
Cyprien has zoomed up the charts faster than almost any other prospect in recent weeks. He’s good in coverage and also against the run – which is very important.
2013 NFL Mock Drafts : NFL Mock Draft: Jets move up for Milliner
Don’t really see it, like the player but are they really going to carry six safeties? So you pencil in Gregory being cut, and assume Tavon was a huge second round miss? Wouldn’t rule out the Gregory part of it, but I don’t think they’ll take a safety, especially not in the first.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/29-john-cyprien-fs-florida-international-cyprien/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImaHcAbV-XE
‘Sound FX’ 2012 New England Patriots (by Leander Forbes)
https://www.patspropaganda.com/sound-fx-2012-new-england-patriots-by-leander/
Tavon Wilson Patriots Highlights 2013 (by MorinIsland34)
Thanks to @OliverBThomas for sending this video my way. Great flashback when even Mike Mayock was stumped by the Patriots’ selection of Tavon Wilson. I think a lot of people underestimate Wilson, but he should have every chance to start at safety this year.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/tavon-wilson-patriots-highlights-2013-by/