Five things to know about how the Patriots approach the combine – WEEI | Christopher Price
Five things to know about how the Patriots approach the combine – WEEI | Christopher Price
Good stuff from Chris Price…
Like every other team in the league, the Patriots look closely at a prospects physical skill set, but when it comes to wide receivers and defensive backs, they pay particular attention to quickness, agility and footwork. That’s why the 3-cone drill can be a good indicator of whether or not a potential prospect is on New England’s radar screen: lots of the relatively under-the-radar receivers (for purposes of this story, let’s call them non first-rounders) the Patriots have gone after in recent years have all excelled in the agility drills. Edelman had a 6.62 second time in the 3-cone drill as a collegian. Deion Branch was 6.71 (at the 2002 combine), Chad Jackson (at the 2006 combine) was 6.74 and Wes Welker was 7.06. (For some perspective, those performances would put them in the Top 10 at the combine most years.) That also translates to the defensive side of the football, as Devin McCourty’s 6.7 in the 3-cone drill at the 2010 combine put him second among all corners.
If the Patriots’ plan, though, is to replace the focal point of their offense with a pieced-together alternative, whatever resources that would have been allocated to Welker would best be put toward a player on the outside who gives a new dimension to their offense.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPDsOhUJlXQ
Got four and a half hours to kill watching the Pats get killed?
Super Bowl XX Bears vs. Patriots (Full Game) (by Ray Finkle)
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So if not Tavon Austin, which wide receiver would you want us to draft?
Woods out of SC in the early second maybe. The more this draft lines up I think they’ll be ready to ditch the 29th overall slot and go for multiple second rounders. I’d hit defensive tackle, defensive back and wide receiver depending on the best value pick between those three positions. Pick up an OL late, maybe a QB or Special Teams LB who can run. They went surgical last year, I think they’ll do the same this year only trading down.
