“I’m gonna make a statement,” said Mayock. “Three years from now, I’m gonna say Chandler Jones is the best defensive player to come out of this draft.” Chimed in Lombardi, “I think what Mike Mayock said is right. He is the best defensive player in the draft.” Mayock recently bumped Jones to No. 9 overall in his top-100 rankings, and to No. 1 among defensive ends. Lombardi went so far as to suggest Jones could be a top-ten pick.
Breaking: Patriots trade up and select Chandler Jones 21st overall
Well there’s two ways to look at this. One is the way that all us amateur draftniks who weren’t blown away by Jones, or there’s the Mike Mayock way, who said that he thinks in a couple years Jones will be the best defensive player from this draft class.
Jones will be used in a variety of ways, using his great size and athleticism to make an impact on the defensive side of the ball that is much needed.
Let’s just go with what Mayock said and allow ourselves to get really, really excited. The Patriots just traded UP and took a pass rusher! Wow.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/patriots-chandler-jones-draft/
NFL Videos: Bill Belichick talks draft
We’ve re-signed some players from last year. We’ve added some players in free agency over the last month. So I think we have a pretty competitive team, and we’ll just have to see what happens tonight and see where we can add players to us that we feel will be the best both short- and long-term additions to our football team.
Belichick interviewed on NFL Network – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
Here we go folks, time to get better.
https://www.patspropaganda.com/weve-re-signed-some-players-from-last-year-weve/
Gathering some final mocks – New England Patriots Blog – ESPN Boston
2012 NFL Mock Drafts – CBSSports.com – NFLDraftScout.com
2012 NFL Mock Drafts – CBSSports.com – NFLDraftScout.com
Handy mock draft grid from the CBSSports team.
