The New England Patriots are heading towards being an elite football team,

and USC wide receiver Jacoby Lane is the missing piece.

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part of the Locked On Podcast Network, your team every day. Welcome back to the Locked-on NFL Draft podcast, your daily podcast. Cover your favorite draft prospects. Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day. I'm your boy Damien Parson. I'm an NFL draft analyst with Bleacher Report. That's my guy, Keith Sanchez. He's a director Scalney with the draft network in 2019 national champion with the LSU Tigers. And as always, thank you for

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Keith, right now, I said it at the end of our Christmas Eve mock draft.

I hope everyone had a happy holidays, you know, Merry Christmas and all that good stuff.

Keith, Jacoby Lane, I'm giving him to the New England Patriots, a team that is in,

they're what, I think they're 13 and 2 or 12, 12 and 3, 12 and

3. And they are the, you know, the top team in the AFC right now. Drake May is playing just

the jump we've seen from Drake May. First of all, can we give a shout out to that draft class,

Keith, that quarterback class, Bo Nix, JD5 when he's healthy, May. First of all, can we give a shout out to that draft class, Keith, that quarterback

class, Bo Nix, JD5 when he's healthy, Caleb Williams, Drake May. Those guys are playing

great ball. Now we're trying to see if J.J. McCarthy and Michael Pennix can find their way,

you know, to be sustained starters. But Jacoby Lane, adding him to Kyle Williams and stephan digs and what they are building over there in new england because i'll say this keith we both will be honest this isn't some like all world wide receiver core that drink me is throwing to right now no i mean like this is some elite receiving core. So to watch him do this with this receiving core, you're like, man, we just keep adding talent to this and get a young, true number one, a big body guy like a Jacoby Lane, who he can separate and run solid routes. But it's the, it's the 50-50 ball. It's the George Pickens comp, right? If the

ball's in the air, he typically makes the play. I can't wait until he gets to the combine and say, man, he wears three X gloves. And I would believe it. You know, if you told me that right now, I believe the amount of one-hand catches I've seen the make this year where it's just like, this looks like a practice rep and this is a live game like

his ball skills hand eye coordination and body control are there keith i think pairing him with drink

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