2020 NFL Draft Day 3 Game Thread

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Not sure it's as glaring a need anymore, they made some solid enough signings and they just used a 1st or Harry. Plus one advantage of the deep class is the UDFA pool will be strong.

Edit- to flesh this out... once they got past the guys they thought could be #1 WRs, there might not be a huge incentive to use a pick on a guy.
You hypothetically have a build out of Edelman as your proven top WR, Sanu as a good 3rd with some 2 upside, Harry you invested in because you believe he's a 2 or 1, then you have Byrd/Lee who have had NFL success, plus the guys you brought in as rookies last year to compete with any UDFA you bring in this year.
It absolutely could be an OK group, but it’s basically all question marks. A 34 year old Jules is the closest to a sure thing the Pats have right now. If everyone works out, maybe a 3rd or 4th round receiver doesn’t contribute... but what are the odds of that? I‘m not even arguing they should have picked any specific receiver at any specific spot, just that it’s surprising in such a highly regarded class at a position with real question marks they didn’t draft one.
 

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Dawning on me the reason the Pats traded a future draft pick. As far as Nike was concerned, 2021 is like seven years away.

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If you told me Wednesday that they took a linebacker from Wyoming I would have been stoked. I am not so stoked. Day 3 was disappointing to me. I can understand investing heavily in the OL but with the guys already on the roster why invest in a shitty undersized and not athletic OT in Herron. Or to steal from @Super Nomario ”He’s undersized but at least he tested poorly.” Ok awesome. Nothing against a 7th round center. I have no idea on him. Just felt like there were some good players on the board and they went in a different direction. My favorite pick today was Onwenu and it wouldn’t shock me if he eventually started.

Sounds like Cassh is a STer. I just wonder why they didn’t take a WR in a class full of contributors. I would have taken a WR instead of Herron. It’s day three though and late at that so it’s really just nitpicking at this point
 

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I like how BB answered the not drafting WR question (spent a 1st on Harry and used a 2nd on Sanu). Said draft is only one way to build a team.
Pats will go to bat with what they have plus the FA additions.
It just stinks as there were a couple of 2nd round WRs that could have possibly equaled Sami’s production for much cheaper and for several more seasons (Sanu will be 31 before the first game).
 

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I like how BB answered the not drafting WR question (spent a 1st on Harry and used a 2nd on Sanu). Said draft is only one way to build a team.
Pats will go to bat with what they have plus the FA additions.
It just stinks as there were a couple of 2nd round WRs that could have possibly equaled Sami’s production for much cheaper and for several more seasons (Sanu will be 31 before the first game).
I will be watching Denzel Mims closely. That’s the guy we could have had although who knows what they would have done if they still had the pick.
 

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Bill signs a slot receiver with an elite 3-cone and short shuttle is like death and taxes.

Edit this is his profile. WR UDFA.

We also signed Isaiah Zuber who is a WR with a lot of punt and kick return experience.No athletic profile available expect he might have run a 4.43.
 

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View: https://twitter.com/FieldYates/status/1254136203152175104


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The Patriots 11 assigned picks:
Round 1: Traded
Round 2: Traded
Round 3: Anfernee Jennings
Round 3 (comp): Traded
Round 3 (comp): Traded
Round 4: Traded
Round 5: Traded
Round 6: Traded
Round 6 (comp): Traded
Round 6 (comp): Traded
Round 7: Traded

Vintage Bill Belichick.
Contrast that with the Bengals. Every pick they were assigned, they used to draft a player. No trades. No movement. Nothing. Just picks.
 

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https://www.patriots.com/news/belichick-wraps-up-2020-nfl-draft
So does not taking WRs/RBs an implied FU to Brady that BB thought he did have the right weapons? And did taking an entirely new OL an admission that the protection was as bad as we thought?
sort of and no. not really adding wide receivers in the draft or free agency suggests BB thinks the group is ok-but Sanu and Harry we’re both injured a bunch last year and Harry and Jacobi were rookies so it’s hard to think that it’s a rebuke of Tom for misusing receivers last year.

the oline picks were all super late so they’re just hoping one or two of them turn into something down the road. The decision not to add newoline talent suggest to me they think the oline is actually ok (at least with Andrews expected to be back and hopefully some better health)
 

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The delay in the Winston signing apparently has to do with the comp-pick deadline being at 3 p.m. Monday
 

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https://www.patriots.com/news/belichick-wraps-up-2020-nfl-draft
So does not taking WRs/RBs an implied FU to Brady that BB thought he did have the right weapons? And did taking an entirely new OL an admission that the protection was as bad as we thought?
I'll start with OL. In his drafts, Belichick has taken 1, 2, 0 (only 6 picks), 0, 0, 2, 2, 3, 0, 4, 2, 2, 0, 0, 3 (Stork, Fleming, and Halapio), 2 (Tre Jackson and Mason), 2 (Thuney & Karras), 2 (of 4 picks), 1 (Wynn), 2, and 3. Basically, in most years, he picks up at least a couple. In many cases, with the exception of guys like Light, Mankins, Solder, Thuney and Wynn, it's been in the mid-to-late rounds. He picked two in the middle rounds last year that spent the entire season on IR; no real way to know if either will ever contribute, so it made sense for Belichick to hedge his bets with two 6th rounders and one 7th. I wouldn't call that "taking an entirely new OL".

As for the RB's, the team already has White, Burkhead, Michel, and Damien Harris on the roster (as well as Bolden, but he's mainly ST). It was probably their least important position to fill in this particular draft.

As for WR: it's probably an admission that neither Harry nor Sanu were completely healthy. Not taking a WR may have been the riskiest move he took with this draft, but there's also no point in taking one that will not fit on the team either.
 
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My greatest hope, in terms of tea leaves reading, is that where BB feels they REALLY need to improve at WR is with speedy slot guys who can maybe split out and go deep, and felt that he could land guys like that in droves as UDFAs so it became less a priority. Riley, Thomas, Hastings - if even just one of them can come in and add some quicks, dynamism and, most important, PRODUCTION there and in the kicking game, that’s a win. Gunner, I’m guessing, is quaking in his cleats.
 

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The Patriots also signed 2 experienced NFL WRs (even if one may have an injury issue) even if just one of them sticks that's basically your first 4 WRs settled for the year (Edelman, Harry, Sanu, byrd/Lee)
 

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Assuming decent health, Edelman, Harry, Sanu, Byrd, Lee are a pretty decent group. If any of the rooks steps up and is good, they'll be ok there.
 

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Assuming decent health, Edelman, Harry, Sanu, Byrd, Lee are a pretty decent group. If any of the rooks steps up and is good, they'll be ok there.
How is that a decent group? That group with Tom Brady instead of an unproven Stidham couldn’t do squat. And the best one of them is about to turn 34 so whatever gains you expect from Harry growth and better Sanu health could possibly be offset, at least partially, by Edelman getting long in the tooth.

Lee is 2 years away from being relevant and we don’t know what his health will allow. Byrd is a 27 year-old with less than 500 career receiving yards. Meyers, Gunner, and all the other UDFA’s profile as depth pieces, if that.

I may be more pessimistic than most but I don’t like this WR group at all. I will always love Edelman but Father Time is coming fast on him, especially given how physical he plays. Harry has some positives but he can’t get separation so we’re probably looking at “Sanu in Atlanta” type production from him with maybe a few more TDs. Sanu will be 31 when the next season starts and is slow himself.

Who in that WR group is taking the top off the defense? I feel like Edelman/Harry/Sanu is just a bad combination of WRs and that the whole is less than the sum of the parts. I’d feel much better if you replaced Sanu with a guy like Denzel Mims, for instance.

Most of my analysis is based on not being that bullish on Harry. I think he is a decent player but I’m expecting WR3 level production from him given his physical issues. As always, I hope to be wrong.
 

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For everyone complaining about how every draft pick has a dead relative or grew up in rough circumstances...a little humor...

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