What's up everybody?

Welcome into the next path podcast.

I'm Phil Perry, another phenomenal guest lined up for us here today on this week's show.

It's Jordan Reed of ESPN. He is part of the draft guru Troika they have at the worldwide leader at this point in time with Mel Kuyper,

Todd McShay, and now Jordan Reed. He's sort of the new kid on the block, but this guy knows ball.

Starting quarterback at the college level for three seasons. He is coached. He is now analyzing the draft

in particular. This is going to be our first foray, really, into this year's draft class.

Because what's coming up this weekend, it's bowl season.

And it's been bowl season.

I understand that.

But the most important bowls of the year are about to happen.

So no better time for us to have Jordan on with us to tell us about the prospects that are

going to be playing this weekend, guys that we should be keeping our eyes out for from a Patriots perspective, any corners this weekend that

are going to be an action that you should be watching? How about tackles? So worth watching any of those

guys, maybe in the second half of the first round? Is that a position the Patriots could invest in?

Receivers, maybe linebackers, really interesting to look at this Patriots

roster and see who is and is not under contract for next season. And as we well know, as you have

followed on this podcast, if you've been listening, if you've just been following the Patriots period

under Bill Belichick, he is not above drafting for need.

And there are plenty of positions on this Patriots roster when you look ahead to their

2022 setup that would qualify as needs. So we're going to get heavy into the draft and into

some names that you're going to start to dig on, find some highlights

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