Patriots Draft Grades: Most Of The Experts Aren't Fans Of Bill Belichick's Decision-Making
This year feels like a crossroads of sorts.
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This year feels like a crossroads of sorts.
The 2022 NFL Draft has come and gone, and like a fever dream, people are trying to figure out what Bill Belichick was up to over the NFL's three-day extravaganza.
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The Patriots used their final allotted draft pick on offensive tackle Andrew Stueber at pick No. 245 overall.
The Patriots' first pick this year was on the interior of the offensive line. They made another selection in that area with pick No. 210, drafting Chasen Hines out of LSU.
The Patriots waited until pick No. 200 of the draft to add to their front seven, and they did it with Sam Roberts out of Northwest Missouri.
The Patriots went back to offense for their fifth pick of the 2022 draft, selecting running back Pierre Strong Jr. out of South Dakota State in the fourth round.
The Patriots were back at work on Saturday afternoon, selecting cornerback Jack Jones out of Arizona State.
Using a pick they acquired from the Kansas City Chiefs a night earlier, the Patriots spun that extra pick for two more.
The Patriots used their third pick of the 2022 draft on cornerback back Marcus Jones out of Houston.
The Patriots are throwing a lot of draft capital at players they likely could have gotten later in the draft.
The Patriots didn't wait around until their spot at 54th overall in the second round, instead trading up to select wide receiver Tyquan Thornton at No. 50 overall.
The draft grades are out there. And for the Patriots, they're not looking so good.
The New England Patriots entered Thursday night with the 21st overall pick in this year's draft. They'd end up trading that pick, moving down in the first round and selecting guard Cole Strange out of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with the 29th overall pick.
Experts said this would be a difficult year for a team in the middle of the first round to trade down. But Bill Belichick found a way.
Mere hours before the Patriots are required to make their first pick of the 2022 NFL Draft, the world still has no clue what Bill Belichick will do. That's typically how it goes.
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