2025 Patriots Roster

[cdumler7]

We keep hearing that a team should not draft for 'need' because it limits the overall outlook for the draft.

Yet when trying to teach a young person fiscal responsibility, we tell them, "Buy only what you need and stay away from buying what you want."

But what happens when what you want is what you need?

The Patriots' greatest "need" is a LT. Not just a LT, but a high quality LT who can keep all high speed, Edge players from getting to Drake Maye four or five times a week. With that known need, wouldn't it be in the best interest of the team to look at every freakin' LT available from every Div. 1 school and anaylze every aspect and measurement and then forget all of the outside BS and make sure that the best LT is on your board. Even if it's Mark Meup of Lafayette who's 6'5" 305 Was a three year starter. Gave up five sacks in 3 years and 12 QB pressures. May not have played against all of the big schools but played against at least half of them every year. The focus has become so narrow that we look at three guys and they all have faults. One has short arms. One has an attitude. One has never played LT. Everyone else is considered a leftover of the main course.

Sometimes, a leftover actually tastes better than it did that afternoon after a night in the refrigerator.

I think the issue is your needs change year to year. So always drafting for immediate need misses on the bigger picture. Getting a good LT now compared to a possible game changing Edge guy for example. Just because I know the Broncos roster best I keep thinking of 2021 NFL draft. Broncos biggest need was QB and that was the draft with Lawrence, Fields, Jones, and Lance. So of course most thought Broncos were going to go QB because it was easily the biggest need. They instead leaned into CB with Patrick Surtain when CB wasn't even a top-3 need on the team. They are reaping the benefits of that now having the DPOY on their roster while most of those QB's keep moving from roster to roster.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

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