NFL LIVE | Should Patriots draft a QB at No. 3 or keep Mac Jones? – Louis Riddick on Patriots’ plans

NFL LIVE | Should Patriots draft a QB at No. 3 or keep Mac Jones? – Louis Riddick on Patriots’ offseason plans

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Mock draft of Mel Kyper M Jones threw 10 touchdowns 12 interceptions last season the worst ratio in the NFL he was benched for the final six games of the season so the Patriots finished with a 4 and13 record resulting in the third pick in the draft you see Mel Kyper Jr has

Them taking North Carolina quarterback Drake May Adam what’s the latest that you’re hearing about the Patriots plans at number three I think the people around the league believe this is the Patriots opportunity to go get one of those three top rated quarterbacks in this draft I also think there’s the

Possibility that if when kir cousin signs and there’s a team that’s left out that doesn’t get a quarterback at once there’s always the possibility that New England could listen to the offers for the third pick in the draft that somebody else might put together a package to try to come up to number

Three but either way I think you’re looking at a quarterback being in play at three whether it’s for New England or a team that’s targeting that pick and trying to come up in the draft to go up to that SP there’s so many interesting spots one two but three is so

Fascinating in and of itself as they embark on their first off season in the post B bellich era the Patriots are looking to snap out of a dismal stretch drafting in recent years and this is instructive when you look at how it’s gone for them over the last 10 years the

Patriots have drafted 18 players in the first or second round of those 18 players only one made the Pro Bowl which was Matt Jones in his rookie season none of them have received a second contract from the Patriots was shocking here’s what director of scouting Elliot wolf

Had to say about New England’s draft plans moving forward uh it’s going to be a collaborative effort coach Mayo myself Matt grow the whole staff um at the end of the day somebody has to has to make that pick and and that’ll be myself but I think

It’s about talking to the right people and asking the right questions and when we meet with them asking the right questions and that may be here in a formal interview that may be you know at a later date at the pro day or or wherever that may be but we we have to

Determine you know who who can handle being the quarterback of the New England Patriots I don’t know the more I think about this the more pressure I think about is on the Patriots Mina you think going quarterback is the right play for them at number three overall I do I

Think there will be temptation to trade down especially if a hall is on the table given the Patriots needs wide receiver offensive tackle do align so well with this draft but I also think uh you can’t count on the chance you’re going to be in this type of position

Again to get one of these three quarterbacks and let’s just talk about May and Daniels assuming Williams goes one which may be a wrong assumption when I think about ma Jones as a prospect both of these players to me are superior prospects to what Mack was when they

Drafted him and and look they did not do right by that player I completely agreement with Lewis there but in terms of the arm Talent the athleticism the upside you just have such an incredible opportunity now to upgrade at the position yeah I understand I you know I

I totally agree with that I think if you just evaluate the individual players in this draft those top three you would probably say look in just a generic draft you you would put Mack behind all three of them yeah the unfortunate part for me is see I cannot ever get away

From some of the things that Mack was subjected to that just have had Untold like effects on him like what he went through two years ago after having been subjected to Josh McDaniels and going to the Pro Bowl that year I mean that’s just you just don’t see that kind of

Thing happen to a player you don’t see a guys get subjected to that kind of thing and then have them have positive outcomes for it and I hope he’s another one of those guys along with Justin Fields that’s able to find a home at a

Place that will do right by him set him up with a great structure so then he can recapture some of the things he showed as a rookie and when he was at Alabama cuz he was a very productive quarterback and I think he can be again I think all

Three of these quarterbacks are absolutely unquestionably worthy of a top three selection in this draft so there’s no pressure in the Patriots in the sense that I just take whichever one Falls to be at number three but beyond this some of this is an asset management decision from the Patriots me to

Reference the idea that you get a hall but when are you going to be back in this spot to land a quarterback this good it goes both ways the Carolina Panthers made a massive trade up last year not thinking they would be picking first overall this year they thought they’d be

Sending Chicago pick 20 this year or something like that meanwhile when the Houston Texans made a pick from 12 to three and they gave the Arizona Cardinals their own pick and not the Cleveland Browns pick that they owe this year we all said oh my God Houston paid

The price of their own pick in 2024 which could be a top five pick to Arizona instead it’s 27 later than Cleveland so the Patriots have the opportunity cost that is in front of them of bypassing a quarterback and maybe getting three additional picks but who knows maybe they’re back to 10th or

12th next year in the draft order which would not represent a massive Leap Forward but enough of a leap that you’re not going to have the opportunity to draft a player of this caliber and again I go back to these three guys I don’t care which one it is I think they’re all

Worth it and the initiative that Elliot wolf in this scouting class must take is to Simply surround this quarterback with every possible advantage that you can get which includes wide receivers beyond the first round because I’m telling you this wide receiver class is deep enough

That if you have the pick 35 and you want to go wide receiver and nothing else there are lots of options there yeah it’s a good point and I like what you said too about just the top three quarterbacks being so rare in this class you just never know who might come

Around again and you would always hate that you missed out on it let’s say though Lewis they decide to listen to some teams that want to trade up they decide to trade back who are some teams that should say let’s try to get up there to that number three pick and make

A deal with the Patriots I think look it’s reasonable that you could consider Atlanta being in Striking Distance now the question is what does Atlanta do in free agency are they able to strike a deal for a guy like Justin Fields does it make sense to them the same way it

Makes sense to us if they the longer it goes that this team does not make a move for a quarterback in free agency the more likely you should probably Buckle in and say first night of the draft or leading up to the draft they’re going to be circulating as far far as rumors

About trying to move up into one of those spots cuz what did Raheem say he said had we had a quarterback I may not even be here that was part of the problem last year why I’m here now and so what what do you think that means it

Means they’re in play for a quarterback some way somehow there’s this point in the draft 11 12 13 where you got Minnesota Denver Las Vegas and it it’s just such an intriguing cluster not just because any of those teams could trade up but because one of those teams would

Probably have to Leap Frog Minnesota if they want to get either pick three or the first of the second tier of quarterbacks I have no idea that’s going to shake out I feel like we have to wait to see what happens with the Kurt Cousins first yeah absolutely that could

Be the touch Point time for one more thing before we go here in Indiapolis uh this was where Tom Brady absolutely scorched the 40- yard dash clocking in at 5.28 seconds he’s going to be mad cuz we showed this again this week at the

Age of 46 Brady ran the 40 again and as you’re going to see here he beat that time his best run coming in at 5.12 seconds Lou you remember your 40 time it was slow I ran 47 here oh you nailed it good job oh I know you know it’s a long

Story behind that okay we don’t have time to tell it all but because Al Davis basically scared scared me to death by looking up in the stands and seeing him stare at me and then I I messed up the start a couple times it’s a long story

Folks let’s just forget about all right well either way we did find out that your vertical was 8 inches higher than Brady so you you you got a really nice that’s resume stuff right so what else am I deficient at with terms of Tom bre bank account let’s see well you know we

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