Locked On Patriots - Daily Podcast On The New England Patriots - Locked On Patriots January 27, 2018 - Senior Bowl Wrap

Episode Date: January 28, 2018

Mark Schofield recaps a week in Mobile, Alabama through a Patriots lens.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

You know I'm back, like I never left, another sprint, another step, another day, another breath, been chasing dreams, but I never slept. That's right, I'm back, like I never left. Mark Schofield here with you for Lockdown Patriots for Saturday, January 27th, 2018. That's right, I'm back from a week down in Alabama, a week down in Mobile, Alabama for the 69th Senior Bowl. We're going to talk about that today, dedicate a show to it, both the Senior Bowl itself, things that stood out to me during the week, primarily at the quarterback position.

And then at the end, I'm going to have six players for you at a variety of positions that Patriots fans should keep an eye on as this draft process really unfolds. I've got guys at six different positions, a player at each, that I think the Patriots probably will have on their radar, and therefore you should have on yours. So I want to recap the Senior Bowl here, tonight's show, do a special Saturday night show before we move on to this Super Bowl.

It's going to be a jam-packed week here. And at the outset, fantastic time down in Mobile. It was great sort of catching up with a lot of the people that I got to know through this industry over the past couple of years. Perhaps no greater example of that than the two people we'll probably hear a lot from over the rest of this week. Michael Kist, Benjamin Solak, the two guys that host Locked on Eagles. Spent a ton of time with them down in Mobile, both at the practices, at the hotel, walking

around, getting information, talking to other different people as well and then of course what else is mobile good for what else is a senior bowl week good for spending some time out late seeing some of the faces you know spending time out late doing the same exact thing always a fun time but time to get back to it now. We'll start with the game itself. And look, let's be honest. Let's be frank. The game itself isn't the most important part of Senior Bowl Week. In fact, most people don't even go to the game.

I didn't go to the game. The go-to move this week, you come down Tuesday. You're there for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Make sure you see all the practice sessions. Make sure you recap all the meetings that are going on. Again, before you ask, Patriots may have taken some meetings, but really tight-lipped when it comes to that. Friday being what it is down there, it's sort of a charity-type game. The players do some stuff away from the field. No practice sessions. So you leave town Friday, you get back home,

and you watch the game on TV Saturday. That's my move the past couple of years. That was my move again this year. The game itself won by the South, 45-16. Your most outstanding player, a player we're going to talk about a lot today, Kyle Lolleta, QB, University of Richmond. Most outstanding player on the South, co-most outstanding players dj charke wide receiver from lsu a player i think really helped himself this week really stood out to me you saw some of the raw talent when you watched him on tape this year but lsu's passing offense led by danny etlin

wasn't the most productive or explosive passing game but he was really impressive down here one of the people i spent a lot of time with joseph ferriola who scouts wide receivers over at inside the pylon we'll be doing it for our draft guide he was blown away by chark this weekend joe wasn't the only guy really impressed with him chark had a game that ended up with him being named the co-most outstanding player of the south squad statistically what did he put up? Five catches, 160 yards and a touchdown. A touchdown, a 75-yarder from the aforementioned Kyle Lolleta. The other most outstanding player from the South, Rashad Perry,

running back from SDSU. And with Perry, we saw an ability sort of in the pass game this week. We saw the ability from him to sort of do some stuff on the outside, some stuff out of the backfield. His statistics today, he had nine carries for 66 yards, no touchdowns on the day. But he also had one reception for 73 yards, a long 73-yard touchdown pass. That one coming from Kirk Bankert, quarterback from the University of Virginia.

Most outstanding player from the North, even though they lost. You're still going to get to know the most outstanding player from them. Josh Allen, quarterback, University of Wyoming. 9 of 13 for 158 and 2 touchdowns on the day. Accounting for both of the North's scoring, one to Tyler Conklin, the other to Durham Smythe. So he's hitting tight ends. Conklin out of Central Michigan, Smythe from Notre Dame. A very good tight end group down there in Mobile.

And it was actually hurt a little bit when Dallas Goddard from South Dakota State University, when he went out with an injury early in the week, so we didn't get to see him finish up out with an injury early in the week. So we didn't get to see him finish up senior bowl week and play in the game. But that was the game itself. The player that did catch a lot of buzz, obviously, Kyle Lolleta, the quarterback from University of Richmond. Lolleta 8 of 12 on the day for 198 yards and three touchdown passes.

Just outstanding numbers for a quarterback in a game like this. And Lauletta really opened some eyes during the game itself. But as we're going to talk about in a bit, Lauletta opened eyes with his tape this season and the year before and opened eyes throughout Senior Bowl week. We're going to talk about the week of practices, focusing on the quarterbacks. That's ahead with me, Mark Schofield, and Locked On Patriots. All right, let's get back to it now, and we'll talk about the quarterbacks this week

because that's where I focus a lot of my work. That's where I focused a lot of my study this week was watching the quarterbacks because that's what I study for Inside the Pylon. That's what I work on at Bleacher Report. The Patriots are going to be in on a quarterback this offseason. And so while I did go down there wearing two hats, the quarterback guy as well as the guy that's going to be covering the Patriots

for Locked On Patriots, so I will have some takes later in the show, again, on six players Patriots fans should remember as we get into the draft at six different positions. We'll start with the quarterbacks. And I've linked to it in a piece that's now up on Locked on Patriots right now, recapping the week and those six players. But I did a piece over it inside the pylon as well when Mobile Senior Bowl week wrapped up, sort of recapping the week.

And as I'm known to do, I used quotes from either a movie or TV show. I've done that before in the past to sort of you know guide our way through the process and that's what I did for this piece from senior bowl week using quotes from Top Gun and I know I've talked about Top Gun before on the show and surprise surprise when I talked about Baker Mayfield I used the quote about arrogance and how Viper, you know, Commander Mike Metcalf, cosign Viper, likes that in a pilot and I like it in a quarterback.

And we'll start with Baker Mayfield because Baker Mayfield sort of dominated the conversation down in Mobile. There were lots of conversations flowing all over the place down in Mobile. And what was really interesting was the way that the Mayfield conversation unfolded because there was a lot of question

whether he was going to be down there. He arrived late. There was even some question as to whether Mayfield was going to be able to play in the game. He did play in the game, but he left early. It started a lot of sort of back and forth and fighting all over the Twitter timeline as to Baker Mayfield and its comparisons to Jotty Manziel. But here's the thing.

Mayfield's mom was going through some health issues this week. Baker Mayfield's mom was in a hospital. He left as late as he could to get down to the start of practices on Tuesday. And she was going to have some testing done on Thursday that depended on how those tests turned out, he was going to leave and go be with his mom. But the testing turned out well enough where Mayfield was able to at least start the game, played in a limited role, and then left by halftime to get back home to be with his family

because, again, it seems like his mom's going through some issues but what we saw in Mayfield we saw a couple of things one when you watch practices when you watch drills you get a sense of who these guys are from a personality standpoint and you definitely get the sense watching Mayfield this week during practice sessions that he is your alpha dog quarterback. He's the guy that's going to bounce around from drill to drill, bounce around from player to player, make sure everybody's hyped up. Look, he's out there in the same group with Josh Allen. Josh Allen makes a great throw.

Who's the first guy coming over to dap him up? It's Baker Mayfield. Who's the guy that's coming over to dap guys up, other receivers, when they catch a ball from dap him up it's Baker Mayfield who's the guy that's coming over to dap guys up other receivers when they catch a ball from a different quarterback it's Baker Mayfield he's that kind of guy and you might laugh at that you might brush that off a bit you might say what what does that really matter it matters at the quarterback position it's a position where leadership matters because when you get into that huddle, you need 10 sets of eyes looking back at you, buying into you as the guy, buying into you as the man. And you've got to have that ability to

lead other people. And you've also got to have that arrogance because playing quarterback, it's a position that requires arrogance. You have to believe in your heart of hearts that you are the best player to handle the football in every single snap for your team. If you've listened to Tom Brady talk about the quarterback position, he talks about that. He talks about his belief that he's the best guy for that team on every single play to have the football in his hands. You have to have that belief inside of you. So is Baker Mayfield arrogant? Can he come off abrasive? Can he come off as cocky? Yeah. Do I like that on a quarterback? You're damn right I do because you cannot play this position scared. So that's the first thing we saw for Baker Mayfield. We also saw some advanced ability at the quarterback

position. When you're running drills, a lot of these drills that you see in practice, you're one-on-one. So you've got one receiver against one defensive back. You know the route you're going to throw. A lot of the times, these other quarterbacks, they would just watch that route. But you play like you practice, right? When you watch Baker Mayfield doing those, he's looking the other way. He's looking off safeties. He's not going to stare down at this route. He's not going to do that because you don't want to do that on the game.

You don't want to do that on Saturday or on Sunday. So he's looking off safeties and stuff during these drills while the other guys are staring right at the row. That little stuff matters. The other example I'll give is some advanced knowledge and understanding of the passing game. There was a play in one of the practice sessions where he had a wheel route from somebody out of the backfield.

In that situation, it's a tough route to throw. Sometimes the receivers throw it downfield, lead the receiver a little bit. Baker turned it on the spot into a back shoulder throw. Why did he do that? I didn't understand it at the time. But one of the great things about being down in Mobile, having the access to the things we do when we're down there to cover this event, you can go back to the Renaissance Hotel.

When the day is over, pull up the All-22 tape and watch whatever drill you want. You might have to wait a little bit for the remote. So sometimes you'll see people like the guys over at NDT Scouting, Kyle Krabs, John Ledyard, those guys, inside the pylon guys, us as well, waiting until 10, 11 o'clock at night to get our hands on the remote to watch what we want. And in one of those sessions, I saw that play again. And what had happened? Baker saw the safety rotating over, coming over the top of that. So if he leads the receiver, he leads him right into the safety and it causes a huge collision. So what does he do? On the fly, he adjusted to a back shoulder throw that throttles the receiver down so he makes the big reception 25, 30 yards downfield, but far ahead, far in front of that safety

who cannot rotate over and make a play on the football. That's an advanced sort of upper-level understanding of route concepts and coverage schemes. Baker Mayfield checked all the boxes for me this week. I came in expecting him to be the best quarterback down here, and he still was that guy to me. And you'll hear a lot about Josh Allen in the weeks ahead and some of the other guys,

but to me it was still Baker Mayfield was the guy. The guy that everybody came to see, Josh Allen from the University of Wyoming. And all of the stuff that I, all the thoughts that I had about Josh Allen coming into this week were confirmed. He looks every bit the part of an NFL quarterback. Prototypical size, just an unbelievable arm. Look, the ball just pops out of his hand. It just explodes out of his hand. He's just one of the most impressive throwers of the football we've seen in the past couple of drafts.

It's clear that he has that ability. But what were my questions coming out of the past last summer when I was watching his 2016 tape, this year when i was watching him again it was all the other stuff it was all the other aspects to play in the quarterback position touch feel placement anticipation here's his week sort of summed up in one statistic zebra technologies was down there they had chips in the balls and they could do some amazing sort of stuff with this, such as tracking revolutions per minute. Apparently Luke Falk throws a very tight spiral because he was one of the best at that. Number of throws, number of throws over 50 miles

per hour, top ball velocity. Of course, Josh Allen topped out amongst this class, 66 miles per hour. That would be higher than what was ever recorded at the combine. Now, I'm not a huge combine velocity numbers guy, given that Deshaun Watson was my QB1 last year, and given that he posted a 49 miles per hour, but it just confirms what the eye told you josh allen has a cannon and josh allen will make splash throws he had a couple throws to start off practice on wednesday two deep balls that were incredible and that's all great but it's the other stuff that i wanted to see and i still didn't see and a prime example of it was an early throw on Tuesday, trying to throw a corner route. Defender was on the hip, the bottom hip, in the hip pocket of the receiver, the tight end who's running the corner route. So

he needs to place it over the defender and he can't do it, overthrows the receiver by 10 yards. And it was like that all week. Everything Josh Allen does is fast. Every time he misses, it's high because it's high and hard and fast he's nuclear luge he hasn't found the crash davis for him yet he's gonna get drafted early i had the chance to go down the guys from stick to football connor rogers matt miller over bleach report they were doing live tapings of their podcast each night uh a different bar down in Mobile. And I went to one of the recordings and Matt Miller started the show talking about the debate on Josh Allen is a will or should type debate. Will he go in the top five? I think all signs point to yes. Should he? I don't think so. Others might think he still can. I'm still more comfortable seeing Josh

Allen come off later in the rounds Benjamin Albright another great guy that I got to spend some time with down there he tweeted out on Thursday night that there's a potential that the Ravens might be interested around 19 that's where the Ravens are picking I think that would make some sense but to me Allen and the top five it doesn't make sense later in the draft when he can sit and learn and hopefully refine that stuff that makes more sense to me, Allen in the top five, it doesn't make sense. Later in the draft when he can sit and learn and hopefully refine that stuff, that makes more sense to me. Because again, with Josh Allen, you're betting on potential being developed into production. And how often does that bet really pan out in the NFL?

Let's talk about the guy that ended up sort of my QB3 for the week. The guy that Patriots fans want to know. And that's Kyle Lalletta, the quarterback from the University of Richmond. And, you know, I'll admit at the outset, sort of when I came into this week, I was really interested in Lalletta. I'll say that. And I had some people talking to me about Lalletta for a while. I'd gotten a chance to study for some of his tape from last year.

Obviously, I'd done some work on him coming into this game as well. And for me, when I watched him, I saw a quarterback that was active in the pre-snap phase. Somebody that does a good job of identifying leverage advantages before the snap. Primarily a shotgun and pistol guy, but was also effective working under center and in the play actions with a boot game that you would typically associate with kyle shanahan's offense i liked his ability to slide and move around in the pocket while still keeping

his eyes downfield he was a weapon in scramble drill situations i liked his ability on the back shoulder throw some areas i highlighted that i was wondering about some situation awareness and ball placement consistency with anticipation throws but i was very much intrigued by him coming into this week and he had the i think when you look at the other sort of quarterbacks after alan and mate field i think he was the third best quarterback down there and for me what sort of stood out was when you juxtaposed him with some of the other guys he was more quick more decisive with his reads liked his mechanics we come back to some of the stuff i had seen on him before he was in that under center boot action passing game his fit work and footwork in those situations was

perfect it confirmed much what the prior tape study on him showed i got the sense that he could step in and run kyle shanahan's offense now you know between his proficiency in the short in sort of that boot action stuff as well as his ability on time and throws at the short intermediate levels and i started to think, before the game itself, Patriots. And I'd had people sort of planting that seed in my mind before the week, throughout the week. You had read some pieces as well that, oh, this is a Patriots thing. I wanted to see it from a schematic standpoint.

I wanted to see if sort of the arm and the process and speed could translate. And he showed immediately that he belonged at this level. He belonged in this atmosphere, in this game. He opened team drills on Tuesday with a perfectly timed rhythm throw along the boundary with a sufficient velocity and process and speed. And Tuesday is supposed to be a baseline day when you're trying to figure out new receivers, new routes, things like that. And he opened it strong. I was very impressed with him this week of practice. That translated into the game.

Obviously, he was named most outstanding player overall. I think Kyle Oletta has played himself into perhaps the day two conversation now. So, watch how he rises. Watch the discussion around him. He will be linked to the Patriots more and more and more as the weeks go ahead. So he's definitely somebody to keep an eye on. A couple of the other quarterbacks down there, I don't want to spend too much time on them.

Kirk Bankert had some moments, a couple of big throws and drills. He threw a touchdown, had another big throw today in the game. Some people, Matt Waldman, for example, really liked Mike White. White had a nice drive today during the game as well. I've got a scheme fit question from him, but I think he showed that he's a draftable player. Tanner Lee, what was amazing, everybody was hyped up to see the Baker Mayfield

versus Josh Allen, that showdown. And through the first two-thirds of the North team practice on Tuesday, it was Tanner Lee who was the best quarterback. And I missed her team handwritten notes. I had written down, have we sold Tanner Lee short? And there was this great moment when I was sitting with Mike Tenere from Bleacher Report and Matt Waldman from the Rookie Scouting Portfolio. There was another player there, another guy there who scouts the Rams.

And he was shooting a video while, you know, the three of us were kind of talking about Tanner Lee and being like, you know, it was right before one of Lee's next reps and we're sitting there and we're like, this guy's been the best guy there. I can't believe how good he's looked. Have we been selling him short? And Lee just then turns around and stares down a route

and throws it right to the linebacker who doesn't even have to move for an interception. And there's a great story told by Charles McDonald who writes over at Football Outsiders. He's at 4verts on Twitter. He was sitting there with Jerry Jones at one point. And Jones had an unlit cigar in his mouth. And Tanner Lee was up.

And Jones turned to who he was talking to. And he said, look, here comes the turnover machine. Let's watch what he does next. Next throw by Tanner Lee. An interception. And Jones kind of sits back, chuckles a little bit, and says, I still got it. It's a great story.

You should follow Charles McDonald on Twitter, at 4verts. Those were some of the main quarterback takes that I got from the week. Up ahead, six players, six different positions that I think the Patriots and their fans might want to keep an eye on as draft season unfolds. That's ahead with me, Mark Schofield, in Locked on Patriots. All right, now while I was down there obviously focusing on the quarterbacks because that's the bulk of the work I do,

for the first time I'm down there with an eye on a specific team and that's the New England Patriots. So I was also watching guys at a variety of different positions to get a feel of who they were as players. Also talking to other people, reading some other work as well, doing some of the background work

because even though the Patriots have the Super Bowl ahead of them, they want to get back to Super Bowl 53 next year and that work begins now. So I've got six players Even though the Patriots have the Super Bowl ahead of them, they want to get back to Super Bowl 53 next year. And that work begins now. So I've got six players to sort of keep an eye on at different positions. We're going to start with Isaiah Wynn, offensive guard, University of Georgia. He was their left tackle this year, but he kicked inside for Senior Bowl week.

He played there this week. He was named the top offensive lineman after the week of practices. He really stood out to me. Particularly got a chance to, you know, people have their different spots, whether it's on day one, I like to sit on the sideline, get sort of a brief overview of it. Days two and three, I'm in the end zone. I want to see that view, the all 22 type view from the end zone. Get a good sense of quarterbacks and their reads and where their eyes are.

And you also get to see the one-on-one battles between the offensive and defensive linemen that take place in that end zone right in front of you. During that session, I'm down there watching Isaiah Wynn going up against Deshaun Hand, an edge defender from Alabama. And Wynn is handling him. I love his ability in those moments. You get to see his footwork, his technique as well.

He seems strong enough where he can block on some of the power stuff, nimble enough where he can do zone stuff, where he can even pull. We've talked a lot about how the Patriots use their guards on the show, use Shaq Mason in the pull game. It seems like Wynn could step in and do stuff like that. If the Patriots are looking to potentially upgrade over Joe Thune right now, Isaiah wins somebody in the conversation for that. And I think given the fact that he played tackle, left tackle in the SEC, he's kicking outside now, sure, but there's still some

positional flexibility there. Patriots love stuff like that. So wins definitely somebody on the offensive line that stood out this week. And I think the Patriots and their scouting department probably have on their board as well. Next, tight end spot, Mike Jacecki, Penn State University. I alluded to it earlier. This was a great tight end group. A lot of guys that could really sort of stand out at the next level at the tight end position. Even a couple guys that were down there at the wide receiver spot. Alan Lazard from Iowa State. he might be a guy that could be a positional switch to tight end. He seems like more of a move tight end. But Jacecki really stood out to the point where I mentioned earlier, I'm sitting next to Mike Tenier from Bleacher Report during Tuesday practices. Jacecki beat somebody else in a one-on-one situation. Tenier basically said,

yo, 88 can go home right now. He's done enough this week to already earn what he needed to do. Jacek, you really stood out as a route runner as well. When he was used at Penn State, a lot of flats, a lot of seams, not a lot of variety. Here, he's running digs, he's running corners, he's running wheels, and his ability to sink his hips in and out of breaks, something I talked about with Joe Marino over at NDT Scouting. We were watching film after the Wednesday practice sessions. He was running a dig route and just sinking his hips and so fluid in and out of breaks. Looked almost more like a big wide receiver than an actual tight end.

Blocking is a question mark for him a bit. He got beaten in a pass blocking rep. Watching that one and Kyle Krabs, Kyle Krabs, also an NTT scout, and basically said if that's how he's used in the NFL, his coaches have done him wrong because that's not his strength. But his strength is as a receiver, as a pass catcher. That's how you make money as a tight end in the league. And I think Mike Jacecki is very, very adept at that.

And while the Patriots do have Rob Gronkowski, obviously he's your tight end one as long as he's healthy, until he retires, et cetera, et cetera. They still have question marks behind him. And you sort of like to have two tight ends. That gives you some versatility. I think Jaceki could be that move tight end, whereas Gronkowski can do more up front as a blocker.

That would allow you to do some stuff with Go-12 personnel. You could have almost like a big 11 personnel package with Jaceki as that extra guy up front that would give you some stuff that you could do in the Temple game to attack a defense. So Jaceki stood out to me. I'd like the Patriots to keep an eye on him. Kyser White, safety from West Virginia University.

I know safety might not be the biggest need for the Patriots, but they do a lot of multiple safety stuff. And I think with guys like Patrick Chun, with guys like Devin McCourty sort of getting a little bit later in their careers, it wouldn't surprise me if the Patriots kept the safety position in mind. And White was a guy that stood out to me. And I got a chance to ask Matt Bowen. I was talking with Matt for a while,

a couple of different times throughout the week. And I talked to Matt about White. And his impression was, look, he's a perfect sort of down-in-the-box type safety, kind of like Patriots use Chun for. And he could fill that role perfectly. That's where he's at his best. And in a piece that's up on Locked On Patriots right now,

I got a video clip from Trevor Sycamore who's down there covering the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, shooting from that end zone angle. And you see White sort of down in the box, reading the quarterback's eyes in a zone coverage underneath his own look, breaking on the throw, making an interception. It was a great play that sort of summed up

what he does best. So White out of West Virginia University, a player, making an interception. It was a great play that sort of summed up what he does best. So White out of West Virginia University, a player to keep an eye on. Now let's talk wide receivers. A lot of interesting wide receivers down there. I thought James Washington did a great job. Chark, mentioned him earlier. He sort of really stood out during the week. Although he had a poor game, Deshaun Hamilton out of Penn State

had a great week of practice. He was a call-up to the senior bowl from the Shrine game. The guy I sort of came away most intrigued by, Braxton Berrios, wide receiver, University of Miami. Not a ton of collegiate production, but I have a feeling he's going to find his way on the Patriots roster somehow. He's a perfect slot receiver. He's undersized, 5'8 and 5'8 of an inch in terms of height. He weighs in at 177. He's an underneath receiver. He's not going to be a boundary guy, not going to be a vertical downfield threat, but I loved his footwork. Watching him in those short area cone type drills, incredible footwork in and out of breaks, in and out of cuts. I think that makes him sort of a perfect fit for New England. You know how they love the underneath stuff.

You've got Julian Edelman who just lost this season. Danny Amendola's got some years on him as well. If you're looking to add somebody that can eventually sort of take over from those guys, Berrios is a perfect fit. Plus, can contribute in the return game. He had five punt returns for 70 yards in the senior bowl game itself. Had a lot of 26. Graduated at the top of his class at the Business School of the University of Miami

with a 3.961 GPA. That's the total package. And I think he's a guy to definitely keep in mind for the New England Patriots. Watching him in sort of red zone drills on Thursday's practice, the footwork, getting in and out of breaks, getting the feet down because there's a drill where you're trying to get the feet down on the back corner of the end zone.

He had a great and easy time with it. Other guys struggled. Other sort of good receivers struggled with it. Other more well-known guys struggled with it. And so I think he's a guy to keep an eye on. Next, saving one more player for last, Kameko Torre, Edge, Rutgers University. Of course, there might be a Rutgers connection linked in here somewhere, but this was an interesting Edge group down there. The guy that got the most sort of hype coming into the week Marcus Davenport from the University of Texas

San Antonio Daniel Abraham had him as a top 10 player in his first sort of like top 50 rankings that came out you know early on Tuesday and in his mock draft had him at seven to Tampa Bay so he came in with a ton of hype but Da Davenport, it seemed like, didn't really have the most consistent of weeks. Ture, however, did. Really showed some explosiveness, some ability to bend and corner and explode off the edge. He didn't get a sack during the game itself. But throughout the week, he was one of the more impressive pass rushers. And look, you can never have enough pass rushing. And New England's going to look to get some help there. I know that they lost some

guys due to retirement, due to an injury. They're going to get Derek Rivers back. Trey Flowers has stepped up. Dietrich Wise has stepped up. But still, pass rush has always been an issue for the Patriots. And they'll probably address it again in the draft. Ture is probably a guy to keep in mind. Finally, the sixth player that I think Patriots fans should definitely keep an eye on, probably not a surprise, Kyle Lolleta, the quarterback from the University of Richmond. I think when you watch him, the stuff he does well translates to how New England handles the quarterback position. I mean, I think what also stood out to me, talking to him, hearing other people talk to him,

hearing some of the answers he gave to questions, he played for four different offensive coordinators at the University of Richmond in four different systems. He was answering some questions about some of the past concepts that he was running during the week, and he's like, oh, breaking it down. It's just different terminology, but I've run it all. I've run every sort of system.

It sounds like he's a cerebral quarterback that's experienced in a variety of passing offenses, and I believe, I know it in my heart, he can come in and run New England's offense, and he can run it quickly. Keep an eye on this kid. I'm just saying. That's been sort of a big, long look at the Senior Bowl. Again, just an incredible time down there. If you ever get the chance to go down to Mobile 4, do it.

Mobile is a fun, fun, fun, fun town as well. Once you finally get done working, whether it's 10 is a fun, fun, fun, fun town as well. And once you finally get done working, whether it's 10, 11, even midnight at night, when you've watched the tape until you're blurry-eyed, you've been writing, it's fun to go out in Mobile as well. And again, it was just a tremendous time seeing so many people down there that I know,

that I've gotten to know through the football media world. Just a blast. Hope you enjoyed sort of this recap. We'll be back tomorrow. We are just going straight through. We're going to just do it, you know, we'll do it live, straight through all the way to Super Bowl Sunday. I'll even have

a show up on Saturday. Just because, look, it's Super Bowl time. So let's roll, right? So until then, keep it locked right here to me, Mark Schofield, and Locked on Patriots.