Category: Patriots

When we hear the NFL Draft get compared to Christmas, it's not just about receiving shiny new toys to play with: it also involves a post-hype letdown with much discussion of choices. We're here to review New England's hits and disappointments during America's ever-expanding "holiday" weekend. Just like in 2013, Bruce Allen and Chris Warner … Continue reading Patriots Draft Review Panel, 2014

Here's our final New England mock draft, with the actual NFL draft due to begin May 8. If you like comparing the NFL draft to Christmas, this year it takes place in January. As mentioned in our previous mock, instead of deleting past potential picks, we decided to show our work. For our final attempt, … Continue reading Your BSMW Patriots Mock Draft (May Edition) 

Here's our wrap-up of the best performances from those NFL hopefuls who didn't get invited to the February combine at Indianapolis. You can link to Part I from March here and Part II from early April here. From what we could tell (with lots of help from Gil Brandt's pro day blog on NFL.com), four … Continue reading Combine Snubs’ Pro Daze, Part III

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