Patriots Draft Countdown: How Free Agency Moves Could Affect Draft Strategy, Recent Mock Drafts, Top QBs and TEs
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🗓️ 20 March 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Tune-in as we break down how the latest free agency moves by the Patriots could affect their draft strategy in April. Evan Lazar breaks down the tight end class while we discuss the quarterbacks and take a look at common mock draft themes for the Patriots.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Patriots Draft Countdown, presented by Bud Light. |
| 0:05.8 | Welcome to NFL draft. |
| 0:07.5 | Hosted by the Writers of Patriots.com. |
| 0:10.4 | From now until you hear the New England Patriots Light, the countdown is on. |
| 0:15.6 | Welcome to the Patriots Draft Countdown presented by Bud Light. |
| 0:20.7 | Welcome, everybody. This is Patriots Draft Countdown presented by Bud Light. |
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| 0:34.3 | We're excited here to be back in studio for another episode of Patriots Draft Countdown. Guys, we had free agency. |
| 0:37.7 | A lot of moves made by the Patriots specifically on the defensive side of the ball. |
| 0:41.2 | And what we just want to discuss here is how's it going to affect their draft plans? Paul, they were heavy on the defensive side of the ball. What are your takeaways and how they might affect the draft? |
| 0:45.2 | Yeah, starting to hear a lot of people being, let's say, worried might be an understatement about neglecting the offense. I have to think that they're going to lean a little bit more heavily on that side of the ball come draft time. Now, the problem with that is that's great |
| 0:59.4 | in theory, but how does it work out in practice? Who's available? You need a left tackle. You need more |
| 1:04.4 | than just a left tackle up front. You need a wide receiver. Will those spots be worthy of |
| 1:10.4 | taking someone at number four with those positions, |
| 1:12.9 | I should say, time will tell. But I have to think they're going to weigh heavily on offense, |
| 1:18.0 | Mike. Evan, you put out another mock draft this week. How did the free agency affect your thoughts |
| 1:22.0 | that went into this mock draft? Yeah, offense, offense was the first two picks. I mean, |
| 1:25.4 | I took Campbell and Jaden Higgins from Iowa State with my first two picks i mean i took campbell and jaden higgins from iowa state with my first |
| 1:28.3 | but i think that's really what it came down to when i did that mock draft as order of operations like |
| 1:33.3 | which position do you want to address first obviously it's going to depend on which player you have graded |
| 1:38.1 | higher you know is it tett mcmillan and then a tackle is it campbell and then a receiver i think that's |
| 1:43.6 | the direction that we're headed in, |
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