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The Next Pats Podcast - A Patriots Podcast

These draft prospects may be the answer to the Patriots' offensive woes

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

🗓️ 22 November 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Phil Perry welcomes in The Athletic’s Dane Brugler to take an early look at next spring’s NFL Draft and the Day 1 and Day 2 prospects who may be able to help Mac Jones and Bill Belichick solve the Patriots’ issues on offense. 1:55- Phil and Dane break down some offensive tackle options in next spring’s draft 8:45- Dane explains why Alabama DB Brian Branch ‘screams Patriot’ because of his skillset 11:15- Dane shares which receivers Patriots fans should be keeping an eye on – including one who currently plays not too far from Gillette Stadium 17:05- Phil opens up the mailbag to answer your questions ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday! Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9pZmYofUAlk

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's up everybody? Welcome into the next Pats podcast. I'm Phil Perry. A Thanksgiving edition

0:18.5

of the next Pats podcast. We're bringing in our buddy, Dane Bruegler, of the athletic, the best in the business when it comes to scouting draft prospects year after year after year in this media space, teaching us about these guys every single year. We love talking to them at the combine as we get close to the draft, but I thought this would be a good time right before the holidays to get Dane on the horn,

0:38.4

to teach us about the guys that we're going to be watching as you're diving into some of

0:42.3

these conference championship games or these bowl games that will be coming up.

0:45.7

Which players should you be keeping an eye on that could be Patriots come 2023?

0:52.2

So Dane does a phenomenal job with us here talking about tackles.

0:55.7

I think that might be a problem spot for the Patriots,

0:58.4

a spot that they might be interested in come the 2023 draft.

1:01.6

I think so.

1:02.5

We're also talking about receivers because, of course,

1:05.7

sexy's position out there.

1:07.0

We're also going to talk about one defensive back in particular

1:09.8

who could end up playing

1:11.8

a versatile role in this Patriots defense when come this offseason, they may be trying to.

1:17.9

Bill Belichick may be trying to figure out how to fill the roles of John Jones and Devin McCordy,

1:23.3

both of whom could be elsewhere. Let's face it, come 2023. Dane recently earlier this month,

1:29.4

put out an updated list of his top 50 draft prospects in the 2023 draft. That thing includes

1:36.4

five offensive tackles. It includes six wide receivers. There are a number of SEC players.

1:43.6

So if you haven't seen his top 50 list already,

1:46.0

make sure you're subscribing to the Athletic. So you can get all of Dane's work, but you can find

1:50.6

him at theathletic.com and on Twitter at DP Bruegler. So without further ado, let's get to our

1:57.0

conversation with Dane right now. All right, there's our guy, Dane Bruegler, from The Athletic, the best in the business

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