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After weeks of player profiles, mock drafts and rumors, the wait will finally come to an end tonight. The 2026 NFL Draft is right around the corner, and with it an opportunity for the New England Patriots to keep adding to a roster that reached the doorstep of a championship last year. The circumstances for […]
The Ravens have one of the best safety trios in the NFL. All-Pro Kyle Hamilton is a master of all trades with unmatched versatility and ability to affect the game in all three phases. 2025 first-rounder Malaki Starks flashed as a high-upside playmaker on the back end during his rookie year, and former Patriots Jaylinn […]
The New England Patriots will have to conduct the third day of the NFL Draft without their head coach, but they are committed to Mike Vrabel and his decision to take some personal time off on Saturday. In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, the organization claimed that Vrabel enjoys its full support: The New […]
Please see Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. More on SiYAA here. If you’re being drafted in the sixth of seventh rounds (or not at all) there’s generally a good reason for that, but with the following three players, athleticism is NOT that reason. Two of the three have top 20 all-time RAS scores, […]
The busiest weekend on the NFL calendar has arrived, with 257 draft prospects and dozens of rookie free agents all about to find new homes. That won’t be all, however: there also will be a multitude of picks, with teams moving up or down the board in hopes of maximizing value and filling needs on […]
It is here. It has arrived. The day that everyone has been looking forward to all off-season… NFL Draft Day! Tonight, the first 32 members of the 2026 draft class will hear their names called by Commissioner Roger Goodell as the first round broadcasts live from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ahead of this evening’s festivities, let’s take […]
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The New England Patriots are coming off a Super Bowl berth, but that does not mean they can simply rest on their laurels. In fact, with a more challenging schedule awaiting and a target on their back now, the AFC champions will need to continue building a roster that just 12 months ago was considered […]
Chris Johnson’s talent isn’t a secret anymore. How high will the Aztec go in the NFL Draft? Noah Perkins of the Times of San Diego profiles San Diego State cornerback Chris Johnson, whom of the Mountain West, future Pac-12 programs, whatever you want to call everyone right now, is the likeliest to hear his name […]
It’s always a weird time of year doing these things. Yes, there are still plenty to talk about with Husker athletics, but not having something every day makes it a lot more difficult. Other than that, there is a hodgepodge of things going on, but when your teams suck (Bulls and Flames), the playoffs just […]
In my final mock draft of the cycle, the New England Patriots get aggressive. Here, they move up twice in the first two rounds to secure two players they have been tied to in the process. In this mock, we’ll also add the caveat of a future trade for A.J. Brown. In this world, the […]
Outside of the first overall pick, which the Las Vegas Raiders will use on quarterback Fernando Mendoza, there is plenty of uncertainty entering the first round of this year’s NFL Draft. From the second selection on, anything seems possible. The New England Patriots, who as Super Bowl runner-ups will be the second-to-last team on the […]
The 2026 NFL Draft has arrived, and things will look different this time around for the New England Patriots. After back-to-back years picking quickly inside the top-5, the Patriots are back near the end of the first round with the 31st overall selection. The timing of the first round will look different as well, with […]
New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel will miss Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday as he seeks counseling, he told ESPN. “As I said the other day, I promised my family, this organization and this team that I was going to give them the best version of me that I can possibly […]
Before we get underway, this will be prefaced by saying that this is a down year for the NFL Draft. There aren’t many blue chip players that many expect to see on these draft boards. Most of these teams won’t be finding their next franchise cornerstones – let’s wait on that for next year’s projected […]
In his first two years after taking over as head of the New England Patriots’ personnel department, Eliot Wolf had a fairly simple job in the first round of the NFL Draft. All he had to do was make the obvious choice, a task made even easier by his team’s position: the Patriots were third […]
There was a lot of discussion around the “final” mock draft I put out earlier today, so I wanted to at least give you the one I had originally planned on publishing as my “final”, until changing my mind and going a different direction last minute. The algorithm here is the same, using the same […]
It is that time of season, where people who aren’t draft experts become draft experts and give you their mock drafts. I, too, am one of those people. I do the best I can with these. I try to talk to people around the league and in the media in other markets to come up […]
The NFL Draft is all about collecting data. In order to finalize boards and make decisions on picks and trades, teams rely on a vast amount of information that has been gathered not just over the last few weeks and months but oftentimes going back several years. One big piece of the puzzle, and one […]
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The NFL Draft is now upon us! Teams have some new faces and filled some roster holes, so let’s take a guess at what days one and two will look like. For the sake of this particular mock draft, we WILL be using trades. Trade valuations will be based on multiple draft value charts. The […]
For fans and analysts alike, ever NFL Draft cycle works the same. You look at prospects, you read reports, you build a mental picture of what you do and do not like about a class, and heading into the main event you have a rough estimation of who you would want your team — in […]
On paper, the New England Patriots interior offensive line for the 2026 season seems set. Alijah Vera-Tucker and Mike Onwenu will start at guard, Jared Wilson at center, and Ben Brown will serve as the primary backup. However, there are still considerable question marks. Will Vera-Tucker’s body hold up given his extensive injury history? Will […]
The 2026 NFL Draft is a day away as the New England Patriots continue the process of finishing their board. Things will look quite different for the team this draft picking 31st overall after back-to-back years selecting in the top-five. After spending two draft picks on specialists last season, New England may be looking to […]
Akheem Mesidor, EDGE, Miami Elegy for a Super Bowl Participation Trophy (With apologies to Dickens) It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of the prodigal Vrabel’s return, it was the age of his foolishness, or whatever THAT was. [1] It was the epoch of belief in […]