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Hammering away at this mock draft, making changes where we feel necessary, wondering how many picks the Pats will trade away this spring. For a review of how we got here, first came our Way-Wicked-Early Edition in February followed by an amended post-combine edition in March. Since then, the Patriots have maneuvered their way through free … Continue reading Your Patriots Mock Draft (Free-Agent Edition)

We know the act of inviting college football players to the combine falls short of an exact science, but Heavens to Brady, those guys seem to have missed a lot of worthy athletes. Below we've listed those who deserve some attention after combine-worthy performances at their pro days. (We posted Part I last month.) Don't be … Continue reading Combine Snubs’ Pro Daze, Part II

This year, 335 college football players got invited to the NFL Combine. Many, many more did not. Those snubs hold our interest during pro days, when league scouts arrive on campuses across the country to see whom they may have missed. Below, some athletes who excelled during their brief time in the spotlight, getting themselves … Continue reading Combine Snubs’ Pro Daze, Part I

Predicting what the Patriots will do in each draft feels like trying to plot out snowflakes in a blizzard: you keep track of every storm and graph each flake falling, but at some point you realize you're just a nitwit out in the cold. I mean, imagine if local weathermen had the same record of … Continue reading Your Patriots Mock Draft (Post-Combine Edition)

Last year on BSMW, we took a close look at each New England draft round  of the Bill Belichick era. Time to take 2013's selections into account. As of right now, Coach Belichick has seven picks in the 2014 draft, with an extra sixth-rounder making up for the lack of a fifth-rounder (resulting from the … Continue reading Round-By-Round Review, Pats Draft 2014

Welcome to what we'll call BSMW's rolling mock draft. We've listed certain positions New England should address in the 2014 NFL draft, along with Pats-compatible players who fit each ranking. These mocks should continue for the next three months (Three months? And we thought the run-up to the Super Bowl felt stalactitic). We'll edit positions … Continue reading Your Patriots Mock Draft (Way-Wicked-Early Edition)

The Reese's Senior Bowl happened in Mobile, Alabama on Saturday. Yes, Reese's: because nothing says "elite college football" like a couple of guilt-inducing peanut butter cups in a non-biodegradable wrapper. The South team beat the North team, 20-10, on a day where offenses looked out of synch due to strong D and apparent lack of … Continue reading Senior Bowl Standouts From A Pats Perspective

To quote a great coach, "We'll start working on 2014 tomorrow." The tomorrow he's talking about was yesterday. Let's get going. We present some players the Patriots may want to take a look at after solid performances in the East-West Shrine Game last Saturday, along with high school fun facts! Jimmy Garoppolo, Eastern Illinois QB … Continue reading Shrine Game Notables – Because What The Heck Else Are You Doing Today?

In the next week leading up to the AFC Championship game – aka The Brady-Manning Bowl – you'll hear a lot of numbers. But, in lieu of all that hype, we have one particular number – a fraction, actually – you should think about this week: two-thirds. Tom Brady has started at quarterback for 12 … Continue reading Two Out Of Three Ain’t Bad

On the cusp of 2014, time to take a look back at another year of double-digit wins for New England, another first-round bye, and another year as AFC East Champs. Considering all that happened in 2013, 12-4's not too shabby. To review the fourth quarter of the regular season, the Patriots had a near-impossible 27-26 … Continue reading Forethoughts On The Playoffs: Fifth Quarter 2013