Locked On Patriots - Daily Podcast On The New England Patriots - Shocker: New England Patriots Trade Up to Draft Caleb Lomu at #28!

Starting point is 00:00:00 The Pats did something we did not expect them to do in tonight's first round. They moved up and they locked in an offensive tackle. This is Locked on Patriots. You are Locked on Patriots, your daily New England Patriots podcast. Part of the Locked on Podcast Network, your team every day. What's happening? I am your host, Nick Cattels. On today's show, there was a seismic move made in the draft that indirectly could have a major

Starting point is 00:00:35 impact on the Pats. In the second segment, the Pats decided to pass up some really good talent to make their move tonight. But first, let's talk about that move up. Today's episode is brought to by Fandul. Right now, new customers can bet just $5 and get $250 in bonus bets. If your first bet wins, head to Fandul.com to get started. Well, here we are. Here we are, folks. We made it. The end of night one, the Patriots have a new offensive tackle on their roster. This should not be a huge surprise that that was a position that they'd be targeting. We've talked about it since the end of the Super Bowl, edge offensive tackle and wide receiver with the top needs for this team. Now, of course, wide receiver, that math changes

Starting point is 00:01:22 a little bit. We'll talk about that later in the third segment on this show. But we go back. We go back to my five point plan. In number one, the number one point was what? If one of the offensive tackles was sitting there at 31, you take the offensive tackle. That was point number one on the five point plan. If one of the seven were sitting there, then you take one of the seven. Well, tonight, we're seeing tackle go off the board. We're seeing tackle go off the board, right? And you get to the late 20s. In six of the seven offensive tackles, they're gone. It is Caleb or bust for the Patriots if they want to make a move and draft a tackle in the first round. And they acted.

Starting point is 00:02:09 They were aggressive. They moved up. They pulled the trigger. And the Patriots move up to 28 in a deal with the Buffalo Bills of all teams. The bills were wheeling and dealing all over the place. It felt like the bills made 15 trades tonight. But the Patriots, they make a deal with their indivision rival, the Buffalo Bills. They move up from 31 to 28, and they select Caleb Lomu left tackle from Utah.

Starting point is 00:02:35 Lomu is 6 foot 6, about 310 pounds. We talked about Will Campbell. How many times did we discuss length, arm length, arm length, arm length. Lomu, no problem with arm length. 33 and 3 quarters inch arms. So definitely long enough to play tackle at the NFL level. Another cool thing. And we saw this with Jared Wilson.

Starting point is 00:03:00 We saw this with Will Campbell. The Patriots draft another really young offensive linemen. Lomu is 21 years old. I believe he doesn't turn 22 until December. So this is a very young developmental tackle. And I pound it all the time. I pound the relative athletic score. If you've listened to this podcast before,

Starting point is 00:03:22 if you've listened to some of my other work, I talk about the RAS all the time. time when we get to the draft, the relative athletic score. It is crucial. When you look at some of the best teams in the NFL, you look at their RAS levels and they are high. And so when you look at Caleb Lomu, his relative athletic score, 9.79. Now, what does that mean? Well, it means that Caleb Lomu, out of over 1,600 tackles who have been measured in the relative athletic score since 1987 out of the 1,606 tackles that have an RAS since 1987, Caleb Lomu ranks 35th on that list. He is an athletic freak. Will Campbell is an athletic freak. Jared Wilson is an athletic freak.

Starting point is 00:04:14 Are you picking up on the trend here? Mike Rable, Elliot Wolf, Ryan Cowden, John Stretch Stryker, they love athleticism up front. Elijah Vera Tucker is. a very good athlete. Morgan Moses, for his size, can move around really well. So the 9.79 RAS, again, 35th out of over 1,600 tackles since 1987. Now let's run through some of the strengths and weaknesses from Dame Bruegler of the athletic. Strengths, above average lateral quickness and adequate balance in his past sets, patiently reacts to rush counters. So if you get a second move, third move, Caleb Lomu, patient, patient against the pass. rush showcases fantastic range and timing on counters and cross formation pulls.

Starting point is 00:05:01 So in the run game, right? Processes things quickly in game. Intelligence will serve him well moving forward. And Lomu met with the media immediately following the pick. And he mentioned how he loves watching film, watches a ton of film, so the IQ is very high. Lomu did not allow a single sack last year, not a single sack at Utah last season. Phil Perry posted an NFC offensive coordinator mentioned to him this week that tackles don't typically fail because of their lack of finish. They fail because they can't stay in front of pass rushers.

Starting point is 00:05:37 Lomu profiles as someone who can actually stay in front of pass rushers. Now let's talk about the weaknesses. We've got to be fair. We've got to be objective here. Lomu is underdeveloped when it comes to play strength. He can be rocked a little bit by power. And I would say that Lomu is not necessarily. a Mike Vrable type player when you watch him in college.

Starting point is 00:05:59 He is not super powerful and he doesn't play with, again, that kind of nasty finish. He doesn't have that to his game right now. Now, some stuff was said about Christian Gonzalez. Christian Gonzalez couldn't be physical. He wasn't mean. He wasn't aggressive. I think Gonzalez has shown the physicality downhill. So maybe that is something that Lomu can acquire.

Starting point is 00:06:19 But right now, he's not nasty. He doesn't play with a ton of finish. and I wouldn't say he's incredibly strong. He relies on athleticism, technique, and intelligence. Dane Brugler also says that Lomu doesn't consistently fire off the ball in the run game. He will accelerate into defensive backs as a puller, but does not show the same aggressiveness against linebackers and linemen. Again, that's the whole idea of him not necessarily being known as a finisher.

Starting point is 00:06:47 Inconsistent pass protection landmarks invites inside moves so he can get beat on the inside. Now, Mike Giardy, because we talk about the finish, we talk about how he's not the biggest dude in the world. Caleb Lomu said that he played at like 300 pounds at Utah this past season. He's already up to almost 315, so that's good news. But he's going to have to put some weight on. He's going to have to add to that frame so he can play a little bit more strength. But Mike Giardy posted, he got a quote from an assistant offensive line coach on Lomu.

Starting point is 00:07:21 Quote, handled all the stunts. stay through at him. How great does that sound? We saw how much trouble Will Campbell and Jared Wilson had last year with stunts. Well, this offensive line coach, this assistant offensive line coach told Mike Giardy that Lomu can handle all the stunts that get thrown at him. Just needs to eat his Wheaties and wash it down with some creatine. So those are the question marks about Caleb Lomu. Now, if you're wondering, will Lomu play left tackle for the Patriots? Because he played left tackle at Utah. The answer is no. according to Elliot Wolf.

Starting point is 00:07:54 Elliot Wolf came out and right away, this has been consistent messaging from the Patriots. Will Campbell's our left tackle. Wolf said it again tonight. Will Campbell is our left tackle. So it doesn't sound like Lomu is going to take over at the left side and Campbell's going to move inside or he's going to move to right tackle. The plan right now,

Starting point is 00:08:16 Elliot Wolf says, Will Campbell's the left tackle. And Wolf also mentioned that he feels like Lomu can move around the offensive line and play almost any position. Now, he did not do that at Utah. He was the left tackle. But Wolf, apparently the Patriots, feel like there could be some more versatility to Lomu's game. And that would make some sense because of his athleticism. So right now, Caleb Lomu, to me, is your third offensive tackle, right? He's your swing tackle. You get him some reps on the right side. You get him some reps on the left side. But he is that,

Starting point is 00:08:51 you know, he is that sixth or seventh offensive lineman. And he can play on the right side, the left side for you. If Morgan Moses goes down, you put him out there. Hopefully, he'll be ready to take over. If you have any kind of injury issue with Will Campbell, like you had this past season, you could slide Lomu to the left side. So he, you know, he has that athleticism. And as long as he proves that he can play on the right side and bring that versatility,

Starting point is 00:09:15 he is your swing tackle for 2026. And you're getting him ready to take over for more. Morgan Moses in 2027. It is something we have talked about over and over and over again. And as we mentioned leading into this draft, if you don't get an offensive tackle in the first round, if you did not land one of the seven offensive tackles in this first round, you were then going to be in a tough spot. And if you go back to a month or two ago, when we were discussing the draft, at first, I was not necessarily in love with the idea of drafting a tackle at 31 because I said you already got Morgan Moses and yes, he's older, but you can play a game

Starting point is 00:09:52 tomorrow with your tackles. But then as we went through the process and many of you went through with me, don't forget to like, comment and subscribe, by the way, click that thumbs up for us as you're watching us live here late on a Thursday night. As the process went through and I went through mock drafts and I started to look at the classes at each position, it became obvious. And I started to sway towards, no, you need to get a tackle. If you can get a tackle, get a tackle. And over the last three or four weeks, that's what I've been saying. Because when you look at the board, you said to yourself, you need, you need tackles in the first round. Because if you don't land a guy in the first round, you're waiting to the third, fourth, fifth round.

Starting point is 00:10:30 You are getting somebody who might not play for you at all. And I just, I just think that tackle is so important that landing one of those seven guys was gigantic. And you only gave up pick 125. You have two fourth round picks. You gave up pick 125. I think that is a very reasonable cost for the Patriots. That's a reasonable price to pay to move up from 31 to 28 to land that tackle. And you get great value at 28 if you were wondering.

Starting point is 00:11:02 Elliot Wolf said earlier tonight that the Patriots had a top 30 visit set for Caleb Lomu. They canceled that visit because they did not think he was going to be there. And this is not Homer type stuff. Dane Bruegler had Caleb Lomu ranked as his first. fifth offensive tackle in this class. So out of those seven guys, Bruegler had Lomu at his fifth spot. And he had Lomu 25th overall in his top 300. Daniel Jeremiah had Caleb Lomu as the 30th best player on his board.

Starting point is 00:11:33 Todd McShay had Caleb Lomu as his 27th player on his big board. So it's not like the Patriots got a top 20 talent here in Caleb Lomu, but they got him precisely where he should have gone. he went exactly where he should have gone. Bruegler had him at 25, Jeremiah had him at 30, McShea had him at 27, you moved up to 28 to pick him.

Starting point is 00:11:55 Great value. And you didn't have to give up a lot. So I think all in all, you've got to be happy. All right, we have a lot more to get to. Stay with me, a lot more to get to. The Pats had some interesting choices on the board before they decided to move up

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Starting point is 00:15:02 We want to hit 10,000 subscribers. All right. Let's hit some quick comments. And then I want to get to the names that were on the board that the Patriots decided to say no to in order to move up and draft Caleb Lomu because the Patriots did have some good an interesting talent on the board that was going to be there at 31. So I want to go over some of those names. And also coming up in the third segment,

Starting point is 00:15:24 we've got to talk about what happened with the Philadelphia Eagles tonight and how that could have a major impact on the Patriots and some other bigger notes from tonight's first round. All right, Pete Petorius jumps in, sets the pads up for a strong O line for the next decade. Yeah, if you hit, if you hit on those two picks, right, then you feel really good. about Will Campbell on the left side,

Starting point is 00:15:47 Caleb Lomu on the right side, Jared Wilson in the middle, Elijah Vera Tucker's not old. So yeah, and you still have obviously a number of picks left. You can address the interior offensive lines future as well. Zell Slayer, Max was not there. Lomu can sit behind Morgan Moses

Starting point is 00:16:03 and bulk up for next season, completely agree. Yeah, Max Ahenichore went 21st to the Pittsburgh Steelers. So he went higher than people, a lot of people had him. A lot of people thought he would be, you know, somewhere in the mid-20s, say 24 to like 27, 28. He went 21st. So Max Ahead Chor was gone.

Starting point is 00:16:22 Again, six of the seven tackles were gone. So you made the move. SR Blue 23. No way Moses and Campbell make it through the whole year. Healthy. Love this pick. We need a third tackle. Yes, we do.

Starting point is 00:16:35 J.G. 32. I've read that. San Francisco and Kansas City were both potentially interested in Lomu. This was likely our last shot at real tackle talent. I don't love it, but it'll have to do. Yeah, I mean, look, if you read the board, right, the Patriots obviously felt like they had Intel that LOMU was not going to last until 31. So at that point, you got to make the move up. You got to.

Starting point is 00:16:56 Ruben, McGee Jr., solid pick at the right price and a position of need. I could not agree with you more, Rubin. Let's go to Bingo Bango or Bingo Bongo. Easy A plus pick. I don't care why some hate it. He develops, I don't know why some hate it. He develops behind a veteran and Moses builds up his muscle, which is his weakness. Great pick, value pick too.

Starting point is 00:17:19 Yeah, I mean, again, you got to get his strength up. You got to bulk him up, throw some steak and cheeses down his gullet, give him some clam chowder. You know, get him all porked up a little bit there, get the belly going. And as long as that happens, he's got that crazy athleticism and he's got really good length. And then Burley Kev just says, Cattels, what's up? What's up? What's up with you? All right.

Starting point is 00:17:43 drafting loamu made a ton of sense ton of sense but some interesting names were on the board for the Patriots and they decided to pass up on some of those interesting names let's start with Edge because we spent a lot of time on Edge leading into this draft and for all the right reasons right

Starting point is 00:17:58 we spent a ton. We spent a ton of time on edge and we're going to spend more time on edge I have a feeling you know after the second and third round but drafting Lomu made a ton of sense it didn't mean that there was nobody at edge there for you, though. Cassius Howell from Texas A&M.

Starting point is 00:18:16 We've discussed him a lot. Cassius Howell was there. T.J. Parker was also still on the board from Clemson. Those are two guys we talked about an awful lot. Cassius Howell, of course, the arm length questions. T.J. Parker, is he as explosive as the Patriots want their edges to be? Does he have that speed and the bend? But Cassius Howell was available.

Starting point is 00:18:36 T.J. Parker was sitting there. Patriots said thanks, but no thanks. And this goes back to why we do mock drafts. We don't do mock drafts to be right. I did a mock draft for the entire first round tonight. I was crushed. Crushed. We do mock drafts to figure out the process.

Starting point is 00:18:54 We do mock drafts to say, okay, where is the depth of this draft? What happens when this guy goes? What happens when, you know, this guy doesn't go? How deep is this position if you don't draft the tackle in the first round? What's it look like in the second, third, and fourth round? That's why we do it. And so the edge position, again, heading into this draft was a deep position. And that was thinking that, you know, eight or nine edges could go in the first round.

Starting point is 00:19:20 They did not go in the first round. So, you know, you've got depth. You've got depth at edge, which means I would expect, I would anticipate the Patriots drafting an edge in the second or third round. I think you get an edge in one of those two rounds. Wide receiver, we spent a lot of time wide receiver. We'll spend more time on wide receiver in the next. segment, but you had two really good.

Starting point is 00:19:44 You had two really good receivers that were on the board. Omar Cooper Jr. was on the board. He ended up going to the Jets. Denzel Boston on the board. I don't think Denzel Boston was picked, right? There was like a flurry of things happening. I don't think Denzel Boston got picked tonight.

Starting point is 00:20:00 So Omar Cooper Jr., Denzel Boston, both sitting there. Thanks, but no thanks. Again, wide receiver not as big of a need. We'll talk about it a little bit later. Interior offensive line. The idea of a guard. Would you draft a guard? What would happen?

Starting point is 00:20:17 Chase Basantis was on the board. Emmanuel Pregnan was on the board. I've been saying, right? I've been saying it. And Tanner Lawrence says that Boston did drop to the second. Yeah, I thought so. I didn't think I saw, I didn't think I saw him get drafted tonight. It got a little crazy at the tail end of the first round because I was working on notes and all sorts of stuff.

Starting point is 00:20:38 Had to do some stuff for lockdown. Whatever. It's not your issue. We've been taught about it. Wait on the interior offensive line, right? I'm fine with waiting until day three. Wait until day three. If you've got to wait until day three, I'm not stressing to bring in a guard. Now, if some players were off the board and the board fell a certain way, you entertain it.

Starting point is 00:20:57 But I'm not worried about that. So the Patriot said thanks, but no thanks on the interior. And then you had two luxury picks I would call them. One of my favorite guys in this draft, Jacob Rodriguez. You know if you've listened to this podcast long enough. If you're not a subscriber, please subscribe. If you like what we do here, press that thumbs up for us. But Jacob Rodriguez, one of my favorites in this draft.

Starting point is 00:21:17 And you go back a few weeks ago and somebody asked me, you know, what would, you know, what would a sleeper pick be for you? What would a sleeper pick in this draft be for you? And I said, Jacob Rodriguez at 31. And so Jacob Rodriguez still on the board and Emmanuel McNeill Warren, safety. Both those guys now slide into the second round. So again, when we talked about the, you know, talent in this draft being flat, so to speak, from like 20, 21 to pick like 50, that's why you have dudes like Denzel Boston and Jacob Rodriguez and Emmanuel McNeill Warren and T.J. Parker and Cassius Hobble. That's why you have those guys sliding into the second round.

Starting point is 00:21:59 Because from 21 to like 50, a lot of the same type of talent. And we go back to this idea. Dane Bruegler said it. The light went off in my head. You need seven offensive linemen that you can trust to start a season. And right now, the Patriots, I think now have seven offensive linemen they can trust. I'm not telling you they're all great, but they're dudes that can play. Campbell, Elijah Verit Tucker, Wilson, Awenu, Moses, Ben Brown, Caleb Lomu.

Starting point is 00:22:30 There's your seven. There's your seven. And I think you're going to probably draft an interior lineman later. on. So you can end up with eight, which is a good spot to be in. All right, coming up, the trade that another team made tonight that will likely have a significant impact on Drake May's future. This is Lockdown Patriots, part of the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day. The NFL draft, yeah, we know it's this week. The first round, it just happened. Moving on to day two and day three. And every pick is a tradable.

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Starting point is 00:23:53 The Calci app, that code is locked on L-O-C-E-D-O-N. We're talking about Calci, K-A-L-S-H-I-C-R-S-H-I, C-A-R-T, trade on anything. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe. All right, a couple of comments, and then I want to get to some other. big news tonight that will impact the Patriots and I want to get you ready for tomorrow. But let's go to Paul underscore P.P. Campbell and Lomu could make it so Patriots don't have to draft the tackle in the first round for another five to eight years. Yeah, how many times have

Starting point is 00:24:28 been sitting back with this football team over the past several years saying, we don't have any tackles? Why don't they have any tackles? Now, if the Caleb Lomu pick works out and you can never guarantee it, but if Lomu works out, Campbell Lomu for the next. seven, eight, nine years. If those picks work out, you don't have to worry about tackle. And that is a tremendous position to be in. Tony, there were more quality edges left than there were tackles. Loma was the right pick, just not a flashy pick.

Starting point is 00:24:58 Yeah, it's not a pick that's going to get everybody, you know, doing cartwheels in the streets, right? But it's a pick that makes a lot of sense. And you go back, you go back to the depth of each position, and it just makes a lot of sense. All right. Some other big news. The biggest item to me that happened tonight that the Patriots didn't have really anything to do with was the Philadelphia Eagles.

Starting point is 00:25:22 The A.J. Brown rumors, which we've talked about, look, A.J. Brown is not going to be an eagle. Tonight, that was official. That was made official. A.J. Brown is not going to be a Philadelphia Eagle in 2026. There have been a contingent of Eagles fans who have been yelling at me, telling me that the AJ Brown story is nothing, that the, you know, 20 insiders that have said he's going to be traded. Come on, what are we doing here? What are we doing here? And by the way, somebody said Keldrick Falk was there too. Yes, he was. Thank you, mushroom man, crazy. So, A.J. Brown is gone. He's gone. Because the Eagles decided to move up in this draft to draft the wide receiver. Not only did they draft a receiver, they moved up to draft

Starting point is 00:26:08 that receiver. And that receiver was Mackay Lemon from USC. So Philadelphia moves up to draft McCoy Lemon. And now Philadelphia has Devante Smith, McCoy Lemon, Hollywood Brown, Don Tavian Wicks, who they have also traded for and Elijah Moore. Are you telling me that Eagles traded assets for Don Tavian Wicks and traded for McKay Lemon in the draft tonight to bring back A.J. Brown? There is not a chance on God's green earth that A.J. Brown is a Philadelphia Eagle on 2026. Now, He might not be a patriot. I think he's going to be a patriot.

Starting point is 00:26:42 I'm very confident. Can't guarantee it. But as we talked about, Adam Schaefter comes out on Monday and says that, you know, AJ Brown to the Patriots is quote unquote likely. When somebody like Adam Schaefter says that, that means it's pretty much a 95% guarantee, right?

Starting point is 00:26:58 Guarantee. That makes no sense. It's pretty much 95% probability of happening. Guarantee would be 100%, Nick. It's past midnight. But you get the idea. So here we are, fast forward. Eagles move up and draft McKay Lemon.

Starting point is 00:27:14 And Schaefter tweeted something tonight saying, you know, moving up and drafting McKay Lemon helps the Eagles, you know, before they're expected, before A.J. Brown's expected trade to the Patriots or something along those lines. Like, Schaefter's tweeting out tonight that, yeah, Mackay's Lemon, Mikey Lemon is drafted and he gets drafted before the expected trade of Brown to the Patriots. So look, man, Schaefter's saying it's expected.

Starting point is 00:27:43 He said it was likely on Monday. There's no way A.J. Brown goes back to Philly, given that wide receiver room now. And the Patriots, if you're sitting here and you're thinking the Patriots are staring at a wide receiver room of A.J. Brown, Romeo Dobbs, Kyle Williams, and Matt Collins as their top four. I do think Kishon Booty will eventually get traded. I think Kashan Bouti will get traded at some point this weekend. I think that is part of the math here, that if you trade Kishan Bouti, you know, I don't know if you're going to get a fourth for him. You might get a fourth if you trade your fifth.

Starting point is 00:28:14 You might get a fourth if you trade a couple of sixths and booty to somebody. But that could be part of the math. You trade the fourth round pick to move up for Lomu. You could help your draft capital in this draft by trading Kishon Bouti. And I think that's going to happen. The New York Jets. We can make fun of the New York Jets all we want. but I thought they had a tremendous night.

Starting point is 00:28:35 I mean, they landed three super talented players. I mean, I just thought it's one of those nights where you're looking, you're looking at the New York Jets. And I know, Aaron Glenn, we can laugh at them and all this stuff. But, you know, the Jets end up drafting David Bailey at number two. So they get their pass rusher. Then at 16, they land Kenyon Sadiq, best tight end of the draft.

Starting point is 00:29:04 And then they trade back into the first round to draft Omar Cooper Jr. I mean, David Bailey, Kenyon Sadiq, and Omar Cooper Jr. That is a really good night for the Jets. Again, we can joke about them all we want, but that is a really good night. And don't forget, they have three first round picks, I believe, right? Three first round picks in next year's draft.

Starting point is 00:29:27 So I know people will look at it and say, who's their QB? Okay, I get it. They don't have a QB. that's going to, you know, jump out at you here in 2026. However, they have three first round picks next year in a draft that expected to be pretty deep at the quarterback position. So relatively speaking, they're going to use those picks to move up if they have to. So I think they're building something there in New York.

Starting point is 00:29:51 I'm not telling you they're going to be awesome, but I mean, they've got a lot of draft capital, and I thought they had an excellent night tonight. It hurts me to say it. But again, we just try to tell you the truth. All right, plan for day two. I would imagine Edge has to lead the pack at the 63rd pick. Doesn't mean that it's a guarantee, but I think you're looking at an edge. Again, good news.

Starting point is 00:30:16 Some of those guys fell out of the first round. You know, some of those guys, the Cassius Howells, the T.J. Parker's, Zion Young's, those guys fell. So, you know, because those guys fell, other edges are going to fall. So it feels like you might be able to grab an edge and maybe you deal a pick to move up again a couple of spots but I'm looking at edge on day two, especially in the second round. You know, again, Cassius Howell, T.J. Parker, Zion Young all fell.

Starting point is 00:30:45 They're all going to be second round picks, pushes others down the board. And then 95 third round. You know, if you don't go second round, tight end, I'd likely lean towards a tight end in the third round. We'll see how it all falls. The Patriots, of course, have been linked to Eli Stowers. I think he's a second round pick.

Starting point is 00:31:04 So we'll see. We'll see what happens. All right, that wraps up this edition of Lockdown Patriots. Thank you so much for joining me late here past midnight. Thank you for making us your first listen or one of your listens being in every day. Reach out to me on Twitter at Nick C Radio. Don't forget to throw a comment in. Don't forget to hit that thumbs up.

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