“I once caught a fish…this big.”
I think I’ve mentioned on more than one occasion that this is one of my favorite days in the NFL calendar. Well, it used to be. I find it loathsome that they pushed the draft all the way back to Thursday night. When they pushed it to Friday night for the first round it was sucky but the new format is a completely different league of suck.
It’s not going to change so really there’s no reason to keep bitching but Saturday at noon was really the best. You could just get together with you buds, fire up the BBQ, and do nothing but watch the draft for like 8 hours.
Onto this year’s draft and specifically the Patriots draft.
Best rumor I’ve heard is that the Pats have kept a decent amount open in the cap because they’re going to unload the house tonight for Larry Fitzgerald. If that happens (remember one of our Dartmouth readers predicted it) I will be so relaxed and somehow excited at the same time.
Wide receiver at this point is the only position of true need on the team right now. They need a receiver that can stretch the field. No offense to the free agents they brought in, but I don’t think those guys can do it. So really if they’re not trading for Fitzy, they should draft a wideout in the first round. Since Bill has never drafted one in his tenure here in the first round we shouldn’t hold our breaths. But last year he traded up twice in the draft and he hadn’t done that in his tenure either.
Besides wideout the Pats really don’t have any glaring holes. They can always use pass rush and secondary help. Some rumors are they’re looking at defensive lineman that they can groom to replace Wilfork.
All this being said, I think they’re trading down. And of course I’ll stay up till 11:30 or so to see them do it. But they surprised us last year, maybe they do the same this year.
