Locked On Patriots - Daily Podcast On The New England Patriots - Locked On Patriots April 9, 2018 - Mock Draft Monday

Episode Date: April 9, 2018

What can the Patriots expect to see on the board if they stay pat during the draft? Let's find out.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Good morning and welcome into Locked on Patriots for Monday, April 9th, 2018. Mark Schofield back in the big chair with you. Reminded to follow me on Twitter at Mark Schofield. Follow the work over at InsideThePylon.com. Follow the mock drafts over at DailyMockDraft.com. Myself and Doug Moore, alternating days, doing Patriots mock drafts for you every single day. Also, check out the work over at Pro Football Weekly.

I've been lucky enough to be added to their draft coverage for this draft season. Got two pieces up over there. One, I'm building the perfect quarterback using the draft prospects in this class. And one on the top fits for the top five guys in the class working on some other guys in a new piece that will be up at Pro Football Weekly shortly.

What we're going to do today, since it is mock draft season, we're going to do a mock draft. Partly because, look, now that the Patriots have two first round picks, I thought it was a good time to run through the exercise. What could the Patriots reasonably expect if they stay pat with these picks? What can they add? Who would be the new faces on your New England Patriot? And so what I'm going to do, I'm going to walk through a simulated draft over at Fanspeak with you. I've done this before. Basically, it's an exercise where we're going to use a board that I think most simulates what is reasonably going to happen. I'm going to use Matt Miller's updated board over from Bleacher Report.

This is updated as of April 4th. So what we're going to do is we're going to go through each pick. I'm going to tell you who is on the board, what my thought process is. I will make the pick. I will talk about the players. And we'll see how this turns out. Again, I'm not going to trade in this. I'm just going to run through the picks and see what our expectations could be if the Patriots stay pat for each pick. Also, just as a reminder, doing this on Fanspeak, What our expectations could be if the Patriots stay pat for each pick. Also, just as a reminder, doing this on Fanspeak,

the team needs are going to be set by Fanspeak. I'm using their team needs, so the other simulated teams will draft according to those needs. The difficulty setting is difficult. And reminder, I'm using Matt Miller's board, so if you're wondering why a player is available at a spot, that's what I'm working from so here we go New England Patriots are going to be on the clock here at 23 and the players available Marcus Davenport the edge

Rashawn Evans the linebacker Leighton Vander Esch the linebacker Two centers Billy Price James Daniels Linebacker Malik Jefferson Cornerback Jair Alexander That's a very intriguing name to consider here Running back Sonny Michelle from the University of Georgia Also another good player there

Defensive lineman Maurice Hurst that's enticing you worry about the medical there I don't have his medical records available to me so I obviously can't do that but what we're going to do here we're going to go with a pick that I sort of expect the Patriots to make I've tweeted about this before

Sam Hubbard, the edge from Ohio State and I think in a sense, he is your prototypical Patriots player. Got some versatility to him. Came to Ohio State as a safety, converted to an edge defender. We love him over at Inside the Pylon in our Inside the Pylon draft guide. We think he's a day one impact type player. And so I think when you look at him, you see the possibility that this is a guy that's going to be a day one starter for you,

can give you four, five, six years right out of the gate, I think is a good fit. So at the 23rd pick in this draft, Patriots go with edge defender Sam Hubbard, which brings us to pick

31. Patriots now on the clock again. Billy Price, the center from Ohio State, is still on the board. James Daniels, the center from Iowa, is still on the board. Malik Jefferson, the linebacker from Texas, still on the board. Colton Miller from UCLA, the offensive tackle.

And again, when the Patriots made this trade, my expectation was you're going to see Hubbard and you're going to see Miller with these two picks. So we're going to give Miller some thought here. Michelle still on the board. Dallas Goddard, the tight end from South Dakota State, he's available. Christian Kirk, DJ Moore, two wide receivers, they're available. Harrisonillips defensive lineman from stanford is on the board arden key the edge defender from lsu has some question marks he's available as well but having just gone edge i don't think we're going to double up there so there are some intriguing options here i think though colton miller is probably the player that makes some sense but

we're gonna go in a little bit of a different direction here this is play we haven't done much with over at Daily Mocked draft in terms of the Patriots I haven't picked them that often but we're gonna go with Isaiah Oliver the corner from Colorado a corner isn't exactly the biggest need for the Patriots. It's not a huge need. They've got some guys here that they think they can plug in in the absence of Malcolm Butler. You've added Jason McCourty.

You've got Stephon Gilmore. You still have Eric Rowe. You've got Jonathan Jones. So it's not the biggest need for New England. But I still think that corner is such a position of need in today's NFL generally, number one. Number two, when you see so many three and four receiver sets, you're going to be in so many different sub-packages as a defense. You're going to have multiple corners on the field at times.

At times last year, the Patriots went with seven defensive backs, sometimes with three safeties and four corners. So you're going to need guys there. And Oliver, I think, is, again, a day one starter type. He could be potentially plug and play. And when you need top flight corners in this league, you need to position yourself to have top flight corners year in and year out. Obviously, Jason McCourty is a nice addition, but a little bit older. Stephon Gilmore, you know, he'll be here for a while, but you might need to move on from him at some point. I like the idea of getting another corner into this group.

I like Isaiah Oliver. I think it's a good fit. So now the Patriots back on the clock in a minute here with that next pick, the 11th pick in the second round. Up ahead, we'll go through some of the second round picks. That's next with me, Mark Schofield, in Locked On, Patriots. Mark Schofield back here with you. And now we're going to get into the second round here of this mock draft. Again, doing a live mock draft exercise using Fanspeak,

which you should definitely check out, fanspeak.com, using Matt Miller's board over from Bleacher Report. Patriots going defense, defense with our first two picks at 23-31. Sam Hubbard, the edge defender from Ohio State. Then Isaiah Oliver, the corner from Colorado now again we're on the clock here with that first pick in the second round some available options here include Dallas Goddard the tight end from South Dakota State I've talked about tight end being a position of need Ronnie Harrison safety from Alabama Christian Kirk DJ Moore two receivers from A&M and Maryland, respectively.

Hayden Hurst, another nice tight end option. He's available to us here. James Washington, wide receiver from Oklahoma State, also on the board. Jesse Bates, a safety that people really like from Wake Forest. He's rising up draft boards right now. Same with Kysere White, safety from West Virginia, who I've talked about a bit.

But we're going to address a need here, and we're going to go with Tyrell Cosby, the offensive tackle from Oregon. Now, Cosby is an interesting player. We weren't the biggest fans of him at Inside the Pond with our draft guide. But look, he's a big tackle. 6'5", 325. He's going to have a great junior year, but he missed all but three games. But look, he's played right tackle. He's played left tackle. I mean, I think that you're getting some versatility with him.

Is he going to be a day one starter? I'm not sure. He could be a day one starter. Possibly if he gets a little development here. But I think with Garcia, you've got potentially your left tackle right there. Now with Crosby, you bring some depth to it, a guy that can get coached up. So I like at this spot the value here with with Crosby out

of Oregon and that brings us again to the Patriots being on the clock in the second round Patriots now with their second pick in the second round Got a number of options are available to them here At this spot in the second round Again, Sam Halbert, the edge defender Isaiah Oliver, now Tyrell Cosby Those are your first three picks for the New England Patriots

In this mock draft exercise But now the Patriots are back on the clock, and there are some positions we haven't addressed yet, some positions of need. Obviously, quarterback sticks out. Tight end sticks out. Defensive line sticks out. There are some options available to us here.

We've got Mike Giusecchi, the tight end. He's on the board still from Penn State. Derek Nottie, the defensive lineman from Florida State. We haven't addressed the linebacker spot. There are some options here as well. Lorenzo Carter from Georgia is a nice option. Justin Reed, the safety from Stanford. This is going to be a tough pick here because I really like Reed.

And I'm surprised that Reed's still on the board here. He's Matt Miller's 64th overall player. And the fact that he's here, I think it's too good to pass up. I really like this kid. I think he screams Bill

Belichick. I talked about him earlier. He sat down with John Ledyard at the Combine. Talked about his versatility. playing free safety, strong safety, down in the box as a linebacker at times. That's what you need in today's NFL. And I know that there are some other positions that the Patriots could address here. Haven't addressed linebacker yet, and they need to get more athletic at linebacker.

Haven't addressed backup quarterback yet. And I'm the quarterback guy. I've been screaming about quarterback for a while but i just love justin reed i think he's you know i i told this actually to john john and i were talking about safeties over the weekend yeah that's right that's what we do we talk about football players all the time and i was just telling john that look you know because john has a great piece over at ndt talking about, you know, looking at this year's safety class, how it's a good class and the versatility it brings. It breeds a player that he likes.

And basically I told John, look, he fits the mold of what you need in the safeties today because when you watch offenses, when you watch like New England, for example, when there's so much motion and shifting and changing of strength pre-snap, safety's got to be able to play both free and strong. You've got to play down in the box at times.

You've got to play deep at times because when they shift strength, sometimes you can't run to the other side of the formation quickly. You've just got to drop back from the box to a free safety spot. The other guy's got to rotate up on the fly. So you've got to be able to play both. And Reed fits that. So again, could probably address other needs here, but I just like Justin Reed too much to pass up. And now we move into the third round. Patriots with pick 95 in the third round. Back on the clock. And for those of you that were hoping for Kyle Lalletta at this spot, perhaps like me,

I have some bad news. In this simulation, Lalletta comes off the board two picks prior to the Jacksonville Jaguars at 93. And so now we might have to address quarterback a little bit later in the show perhaps on day three because the quarterbacks left on the board right now mike white kirk bankert riley ferguson tanner lee chase linton logan woodside there are guys that i'm probably going to wait on and wait for more a day three approach i'm not going to take them here at 95 so let's address some other needs now players available include akron

wadley run back from iowa deshaun hamilton anthony miller two receivers that i personally love really like both of those guys they're still on the board you've got another safety quinn blandon from genuine people like breland speaks defensive lineman from Ole Miss, is on the board. But I want to both address a need here and pick up a player who I think is really sort of, again, staying under the radar here. I'm reaching for him in this simulation because he's the only player, 188, for Matt Miller on his board. But I think this would be a great spot to grab him.

And that's linebacker Fred Warner from Brigham Young. He's a player that was used basically as a slot linebacker, overhand defender at BYU. But his position is an off-ball linebacker, a will type in the National Football League. Had a great week down in Mobile. And I'm stunned that he's really not getting more and more and more attention as we work through this draft process.

You know, you look at the combine test and 38 and a half inch vertical, 11.77, 60 yard shuttle, 6.9, three cone. Like that's pretty good for a guy of his size, for a guy that you're looking at a linebacker. Again, 6'3", 236. You know, Miller's got him low on his board. for a guy that you're looking at a linebacker. Again, 6'3", 236. Miller's got him low on his board. NFL.com, Lance Zerline, he's got him as a fourth-round pick.

Here we're getting him in the end of the third. I'd pick 95. I know the guys over at NDT Scout and love him, John Ledger in particular. I really liked watching him down at Mobile. I think he's the kind of athletic type defender you need in today's NFL, particularly if you're the New England Patriots. And there was another name that I considered here at this spot. I consider Shaquem Griffin, a linebacker from UCF who I've

talked about a lot of the show. I think both of those players would be ideal fits in New England. For this simulation, I went with Warner. I wouldn't be surprised in a later simulation to go with Griffin. I love both of those players, but we're going to go with the kid from BYU here. So that will do it for days one and two of this simulation. Up next, we're going to talk about the rest of this mock draft simulation, see what the Patriots do on day three. Again, at least working through my brain,

approaching these picks here early in April. That's next with me, Mark Schofield, and Locked on day three. Again, at least working through my brain, approaching these picks here early in April. That's next with me, Mark Schofield, and Locked on Patriots. Mark Schofield back with you now, and we're going to do the final two picks, those day three picks that the Patriots have in the 2018 NFL Draft. Again, if you're just joining us, doing a little mock draft exercise,

trying to see what could happen if the Patriots stand pack excuse me, stand pat and use all the picks they have. So far we've got a pick 23, Sam Hubbard, the edge defender from Ohio State. We've got Isaiah Oliver, the corner

from the University of Colorado. We've got Tyrell Cosby, offensive tackle from Oregon, Justin Reed, safety whom I love, from Stanford, and the most recent pick, Fred Warner, the linebacker from BYU. And now we're working here through the rest of the Patriots picks here. As we get deep into the draft now. And the Patriots back on the clock at pick 198. Here in the sixth round.

Again, that's a little bit of a, you hear 198, you think, ooh, I know a guy. They got a 199. It's hard not to make the Tom Brady connection here. But some needs to address remain tight end running back, wide receiver, defensive line. Some interesting players at those spots are available. Corey Robertson, wide receiver from Southern Miss, Rock Thomas, running back from Jacksonville State.

Martez Carter, running back from Grambling. He was an interesting player. When I was watching their quarterback, Devontae Kincaid, who I like, probably not going to – I've actually been chatting with him a little bit. He's got a similar sort of vibe from the NFL that some teams might want him because he's very athletic. To move to wide receiver, very athletic kid. He had his pro day did well at his pro day we'll see if a team sort of takes a you know late round or udfa flyer on davante kincaid who had some raw tools to him exciting player to watch um but when i was studying him marcus carter the running back from

grambling interesting player byron pringle wide receiver from Kansas State. Durham Smythe from Notre Dame, who I know some people really like. Braxton Berrios. I've talked about him a lot. But I think we're going to finally address the elephant in the room, and that's the quarterback spot. Some interesting names available there. Tanner Lee, Chase Litton, JT Barrett, Austin Allen. Some guys that I've talked about, some guys that I haven't.

But I'm going to go with a name that I keep coming back to from New England if they somehow miss out on the guy that they want earlier in the draft, and that's Logan Woodside, quarterback from the University of Toledo. Woodside is an experienced player. I've studied him a lot, as you probably know. I really like his pocket movement, his footwork, the experience, it shows I don't think he's got the biggest ceiling of quarterbacks in this draft

but I think he's got a very nice floor and in terms of the fact that the Patriots don't have an immediate need. We've talked about this a little bit. The Patriots can punt on quarterback if they want to. And so they could wait. They could address it in a different way. They could kick it down the road because they do have Brian Hoard.

They could really wait to get their next guy into next year's draft if they wanted to. So they could probably take next year's draft if they wanted to. So they could probably take a more developmental guy if they wanted to do that, if they wanted to go that route. And I think Woodside fits that bill. So he's the pick there for New England with that 24th pick in the sixth round. And they're back on the clock again at pick 210. And a lot of the names we've talked about are still

on the board. Some interesting names remain. We're going to go with Braxton Berrios, the wide receiver from Miami. Again, I've said this a lot. I think slot receiver is that sneaky sort of position of need.

And I think Braxton Berrios is, you know, I think he's a Patriot. You know, I think he's in that mold of the Patriot slot receiver. Very sort of quick, shifty guy that can run those option routes. That can work out of the slot. And so that's what the Patriots do here. Logan Woodside, Braxton Berrios with those two picks in the sixth round. And now Patriots back on the clock.

Start of the first, I mean, excuse me, start of the seventh round. Some, at least according to fan speak, some needs that remain. Tight end, running back, defensive line. There are some really interesting names that are still left on the board here

Aquamanius St. Brown A wide receiver that I know some people Joe Ferriola over at Inside the Pylon Loves him He's still on the board here You've got Jeremy Reeves A corner from South Alabama That I think some people like

Chase Linton The quarterback from Marshall Who I've talked about a bit here, on here, on this show and elsewhere. There's a name here, there are two names here that I'm going back and forth on. One guy that I got to study up close, another guy that I've seen only on film.

Justin Jackson, the running back from Northwestern. Running back back might be a position of need for New England. And then there's a linebacker here who's still on the board that I like. Jason Cabinda from Penn State. He's more in your mold of a run-thumping, two-down

type linebacker, but when I saw him play against Indiana in Happy Valley, really liked him. So I'm really going back and forth on these two guys. It's a tough call here, but in the end, I'm going to go with the linebacker. I'm going to go with Jason Cabinda, mostly because they've got to make sure that they have a linebacking core

that can compete in today's NFL and I know Kambinda is more your as I just described him you know a prototypical you know thumper type but when you sort of look at his draft profile you know I think there are some things that he can do in the NFL that fit what Belichick wants in his front seven tough kid wins against blockers

I think he's a guy that might struggle to really fit in today's NFL in terms of the athletic versatility you need. But at this point in the draft, I'm drafting a guy that I think can do some of the things you want, can give you something on special teams,

and that's why we're going with a linebacker from Penn State. So that will lock it down, friends. This draft, again, to recap the picks, Sam Hubbard, the edge from Ohio State, Isaiah Oliver, the corner from Colorado, Tyrell Crosby, the offensive tackle from Oregon, Justin Reed, the safety from Stanford, Fred Warner, linebacker from Brigham Young,

Logan Woodside, the quarterback from Toledo, Braxton Berrios, wide receiver from Miami, and Jason Cabinda, a linebacker from Brigham Young. Logan Woodside, the quarterback from Toledo. Braxton Berrios. Wide receiver from Miami. And Jason Cabinda, a linebacker from Penn State, rounding out the group. Is it a great draft? Is it not? I think it's a good group. I like it.

But again, I'm the guy that made those picks. You probably disagree. And that's fine. If you've got thoughts on this, hit me up. At Mark Schofield on Twitter that will do it for today's show gonna plug a couple of things here at the end look again I mentioned pro football we've only got two

pieces up over there also another piece that's been making the rounds there's a piece I wrote last March development the grass is not always greener and development is not linear because we're hearing in some corners of the world the new york giants for example that they might punt on drafting a quarterback in this class go with saquon barkley and i saw in the new york daily

news on sunday list of guys to watch for next year's quarterback class so that piece seems to go with Saquon Barkley. And I saw on the New York Daily News on Sunday, list of guys to watch for next year's quarterback class. So that piece seems to be always relevant. So I'll mention that again. Also, want to give a shout out to the guys over at Dynasty Life Pod. They were nice enough to have me on their show. Travis May, Andrew over there, and Justin over there as well. You can follow those guys at Dynasty Life Pod.

Travis is at FF underscore Travis M. Justin is at MACLANDJ. And Andrew is at Andy Fresh H. Andy is a Pats fan, so you probably want to give him some love as well. They were kind enough to have me on the show, and they created a couple of Scrubs gifts using my face, which is, frankly, pretty amazing. I mean, that's the brand right here.

And so, yeah, that will do it for today's show. I will be back on Tuesday, probably with my boy boy Michael Kist. We're going to talk some prospects, life in general, all that fun stuff. Until then, keep it locked right here to me, Mark Schofield, and Locked on Patriots.