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Potential Patriots: Ryan Kerrigan

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For the second year in the row everyone is wondering if the Patriots will alter their philosophy of only taking three down players in the first round to take a pass rushing DE/OLB conversion project.

Last year Jerry Hughes was that guy I was kinda hoping they pick. Which in hindsight was obviously the wrongest choice they could’ve made.

This year the sexy pass rushing pick has got to be Ryan Kerrigan. 

The only knock on him is that he might be more suited to play in a 4-3 defense where he’s not asked to play in space or cover tight ends.

So schematically he might not be a perfect fit for the Pats, especially early in the draft as it would probably take him longer to develop into a run defender than it did for Jermaine Cunningham.

But right off the bat he’s bringing a non-stop motor, excellent leadership and attitude. He looks like he has the size and speed to get to the quarterback, a need the Pats desperately have.

So if he’s there at 17, do they take him? Watch the video below and I guarantee your answer is yes!

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We’re less than 11 weeks away from the NFL draft and Cameron Jordan is my current “boo” of draft picks for the Patriots. My attachment to him is slowly growing, but I’m trying to keep it under control since there’s just as good of a chance he’ll end up on a team I hate as there is he ends up on the Pats.

Unfortunately it also seems like he’s in the top 10 of a lot of recent mock drafts and I expect that to continue after the combine. So he’s probably not going to be there at 17, but let’s imagine what a player like Jordan could theoretically do for the Patriots.

  • help solidify the run defense with a Ty Warren-esque presence.
  • shift inside on pass downs and generate that pressure up the middle that was missing in 2010 when Wright and Pryor were hurt.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

https://www.patspropaganda.com/were-less-than-11-weeks-away-from-the-nfl-draft/

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New England, in particular, looks set up to really reload this offseason, coming off a 14-2 regular season. Patriots owner Robert Kraft pointed out last week that half of the team’s snaps in 2010 were played by first- and second-year players, a remarkable number for a team that had the league’s best record, and the roster only figures to get infused with more youth. The Patriots have three of the first 33 picks in April’s draft, and five selections among the top 75. This is a team with needs, to be sure. The Patriots need to regain some toughness in the trenches, and could use a premier edge rusher and maybe a bellcow back. But if they can draft like they did last year, when they really bounced back off some lackluster drafts from 2006-08, the team could be set up for a pretty good run going forward.

Albert Breer

https://www.patspropaganda.com/new-england-in-particular-looks-set-up-to-really/

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Matt Patricia was shifted to coaching the safeties in 2011 which is an interesting move in that…

  • BB didn’t name a Defensive Coordinator for 2011
  • Patricia should have less bodies to coach, and will have experience coaching two of the three levels of the Patriots defense. He looks primed to be a defensive coordinator at some point.
  • Patricia should continue to be the one who calls the defense and with less players to worry about he might be more involved with big picture defense stuff.
  • Pepper Johnson remains as the defensive line coach and you have to wonder if he really does project as a defensive coordinator. It certainly seems like Patricia is being groomed. 

https://www.patspropaganda.com/matt-patricia-was-shifted-to-coaching-the-safeties/

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Say hello to your new offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien! I know a lot of Patriots fans who are experts in offensive philosophy and play calling have had issues with BO’B in the past, but the Patriots had one of the best offenses of the last decade in 2010, so you can’t really argue with those results.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/say-hello-to-your-new-offensive-coordinator-bill/

Patriots set to tag Logan Mankins

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In what is probably the must unsurprising news of this young off-season, Ian Rapoport reports that the Patriots will tag Logan Mankins as their Franchise player. So yes, that is why you might’ve heard a guttural scream and things breaking from the general vicinity of the Mankins home region of California.

If Mankins thought the Patriots would allow him to just walk to off the reservation to whatever contract tickled his fancy he was surely mistaken. But he’s smarter than that. He had to know this was coming.

The good news is that it looks like they’re taking a similar approach like they took with Vince Wilfork last year. Mankins still hasn’t been officially tagged yet so perhaps they are talking about a new contract. This could be unlikely due to the uncertainty surrounding the CBA, but it’s nice to at least have a little hope they’re only using the tag as a way to extend their negotiating window before someone like the Jets swoop in and offer a $3 billion dollar contract.

Mankins is exactly the kind of player the Patriots (or any football team for that matter) need. Granted the Pats did okay without him early last season, but there’s no denying the effect he had upon his return. Re-signing Mankins long term would lock up a nice young piece to build around for the next decade.

If a long term deal isn’t reached and Mankins has to play under the franchise tag there’s no doubt he’ll play just as pissed off as he was last year. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Maybe the Pats should just keep tagging him every season just to make sure he keeps up his bad attitude and mauling ways.

Either way I hope he’s a Patriot for a long time.

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