By Kevin Stone/@kstone06/@newftbj It’s day two of New England Football Journal’s extra draft content as we look back with “This day in draft history,” and April 21st is a pretty good one. APRIL 21, 1991 The Marriott Marquis in New York was the site for the 1991 draft and those in attendance that day saw quite a few memorable, impact players selected on day one and throughout the weekend. Russell…
By Kevin Stone/@kstone06/@newftbj It’s finally draft week. The first NFL Draft was held in February of 1936, with the next six years taking place in December. The first NFL Draft held in April was in 1943, and it remained that way for the next two years, but 1945 was the final one in April until 1976. This month has remained the designated Draft month since then with a few May…
The Patriots have turned the page on the Tom Brady era after 20 seasons. It is hard to believe that another quarterback will be the face of the organization moving forward but that is the reality of professional sports today. The Patriots have the 23rd pick in the first round so it is highly unlikely that anyone of the top four quarterbacks in the class will be available to them…….
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Photo courtesy of Jonathan Newton Draft season is upon us with the East West Shrine game kicking things off today. It is the 95th edition of the oldest all star game in college football. The Patriots have always found some talent in this game during Bill Belichick’s tenure. Jimmy Garoppolo, who played in the game in 2014 immediately comes to mind. Here are ten prospects that fit what the Patriots…
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Nick Bosa is the number one player on my board for the 2019 NFL Draft. It is never too early to look ahead to the 2019 NFL Draft. Defensive line, wide receiver, running back and linebacker are expected to be positions of strength in next year’s class. Here are my top 50 prospects for the 2019 NFL Draft. Remember, it’s early. Things will change. 1. Nick Bosa, DE, Ohio State:…
I used to do grades until I realized how foolish that is. Instead of doing grades, I have decided to just do my winners, did o.k teams and losers from this weekend. Let’s start with the winners. Winners New York Giants: The Giants stood pat and let the board come to them. As a result, they ended up with Saquon Barkley, Will Hernandez, Lorenzo Carter and Kyle Lauletta among others….
The Patriots traded a third round pick in this year’s draft to the San Francisco 49ers for offensive tackle Trent Brown yesterday. They followed that up last night by trading down with the Bears and acquiring a fourth round pick this year and a 2019 second round pick. They then traded up and drafted cornerback Duke Dawson out of Florida at pick 56. Did you get all that? Ok. Good….