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Big, thickly built, experienced right tackle who graduated with a degree in aeronautics and astronautics and entered the draft early despite standing to benefit from another year of seasoning on The Farm. Has size and smarts to stick in a power/slide-protection scheme, but needs to make strides with his functional strength, technique and aggressiveness. Could be tried inside.

NFL Combine Participants – NFL.com Mobile
Pats take Cameron Fleming, a tackle out of Stanford. Looks like I was stupid to not look closer at the tackles.

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You won’t see White leave many yards on the table. At 5’9″ and 204 pounds, White isn’t much of a pile-pusher. He doesn’t have a lot of natural leverage with short arms and small hands, so he may struggle a bit in pass protection. White has also seen a bit of time returning kickoffs, so he may be able to contribute there as well.

2014 NFL Draft: New England Patriots Select James White (RB, Wisconsin) | NEPatriotsDraft.com – 2014 NFL Draft

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STRENGTHS: Compactly built with some deceiving body strength – good north-south momentum…low pad level and runs close to the ground with a fluid body type…nice cutback and burst to make defenders miss with quick feet to sidestep defenders and flip on the jets…stiff ankles but has some body wiggle to avoid tackles…good vision and patience at the LOS to read blocks, spurt through holes and get to the second level…knack for the big play with several productive runs on his resume…soft hands out of the backfield and very reliable as a pass-catcher.
High effort blocker and works hard to get in position, using proper technique…NFL bloodlines – relative of wide receivers Santana and Sinorice Moss…selfless player with high football character – waited his turn to be the starter in Madison…very productive career, finishing fourth in school history in rushing yards (4,015), third in rushing scores (45), first in yards per carry average (6.2) and first in receiving yards for a RB (670).

James C. White, RB, Wisconsin, NFL Draft – CBSSports.com – NFLDraftScout.com

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Do you think the Pats will actually trade Mallett in a year or two now that we’ve got Garoppollo?

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Mallett’s in his last year, but I think they will hang on to him. There’s no way Garoppolo is ready to be the #2 right out of the gate. Like Brady before him, he’ll spend this year as the #3, then compete for the backup position with a free agent next season. 

Long-term I’d be more interested in keeping Garoppolo regardless. I just haven’t seen enough progress out of Mallett. Mallett has a top-notch arm, but in the preseason games I have not seen his touch improve much, if at all.