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Now, here to preview the defensive lineman, the writers of Patriots.com.

Time once again for another Draft Podcast review. Here at Gillette Stady,

Mike Dusso, Evan Lazar, and me, Paul Carillo, Grandpa Paul.

Here to talk about some defensive lineman, and we will definitely spend some time on both the

edge guys and the defensive tackles. And I'm going to start with the edge because I think,

first of all, on the host, and I get to decide these things. But more importantly,

I think it's more of a position of need. And I think it's a pretty good class,

you know, overall of the edge guys based on not my thoughts and observations, but those of

some of the guys that do this for a living that I would respect. Guys like Daniel Jeremiah,

I think, has been pretty outspoken about the quality of the edge class. So I don't necessarily

think it would be a first round consideration, although there has been some news lately about that.

But this is definitely a spot where Matthew Judon, you know, sort of creeping into his 30s.

Josh Uchei coming off a career high, 11 and a half sacks, but also entering a contract year,

a free agent year. So I think this is something that the Patriots could be interested in.

How do you guys see it? Yeah, I mean, not really an unknown quantity at this position for the Patriots

too. And I just, I asked myself, what happens if Matthew Judon gets hurt? Like a Matthew Judon gets

hurt. It's like cold red across the front of the defense. So I think it's a position to need.

And I've said this many times in no matter how many times I jump into this position group,

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