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The Next Pats Podcast - A Patriots Podcast

Patriots remain AGGRESSIVE on Day 2 of NFL Draft, trade up for Jacas and land Raridon

The Next Pats Podcast - A Patriots Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

News, Sports News, Jerod Mayo, Nfl Draft, Football, Ja'lynn Polk, 2024 Nfl Draft, Phil Perry, New England Patriots, Nbc Sports Network, Drake Maye, Nfl, Nbc Sports Boston, Sports

4.8558 Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Tom Curran, Phil Perry, and Albert Breer react to the Patriots’ moves on Day 2 of the NFL Draft, including the decision to trade up for Gabe Jacas, selecting tight end Eli Raridon in the third round and what Day 3 could look like without Mike Vrabel.

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0:00.0

The next Pat's podcast draft special is presented by John Sewer and Drain Cleaning, the name to know when the drains don't flow.

0:16.0

Good evening and welcome in, everybody. We are live with the next Pat's draft special presented by John Seward. Drain Cleaning. The Patriots gaining an edge in round two as a trade up for Illinois pass rusher Gabe Accus.

0:32.1

Accus fills a big need for the Patriots. He had 11 sacks last season to the Illinois, going up to 55 to draft

0:38.7

ACUS. Patriots gave up number 63 and a fourth and a sixth. But the Patriots second round pick

0:45.6

met with the media earlier tonight, and it's clear. Mike Brable and the coaching staff made a big

0:50.0

impression on him as he did on them. Honestly, a blessing.

0:55.0

You know, a lot of people ask me, like, what was your favorite visit?

0:57.5

And, you know, the Patriots always pop up in my mind.

1:00.8

And just I felt like the structure and how they ran things.

1:04.9

Obviously, they were in the Super Bowl last year.

1:06.5

But I feel like a lot of the guys, a lot of the players, you know,

1:10.0

you know, believe in, you know,

1:12.1

the head coach and believe in who he is as a person. And I'm one person I can fall behind. And I just

1:18.8

love how, you know, the coaching staff and how they treated me when I got there. And, you know,

1:24.7

they challenged me not only, you know, physically but mentally, you know, just to install, like, you know, I could just tell like they really, in their process, really try to make it hardest to, you know, evaluate players.

1:35.8

And, you know, I just love the challenge and I love how they, you know, go about things and who they are, like, as a team, their identity.

1:46.2

All right. Enough about the players who were drafted.

1:48.3

How about this?

1:49.0

Our own Phil Perry, nailing this exact pick in his mock draft, including the trade up to number 55 to get him.

1:57.3

But what else would you expect from the man with the most accurate draft on the

2:02.6

planet? Yeah, that's right. Phil Perry was number one on the planet with mock draft success

2:09.1

in the first round. Meanwhile, their third round pick, there you see him. It's Notre Dame tight end,

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