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Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

What will Caleb Lomu’s impact be for Patriots? | Draft superlatives with Phil Perry

Tom Curran’s Patriots Talk Podcast

NBC Sports Boston

Patriots Nation, News, Ja'lynn Polk, Football, Jerod Mayo, New England Patriots, Afc East, Afc, Mike Vrabel, Sports, Tom E. Curran, Sports News, Phil Perry, Nfl

4.5803 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Phil Perry joined Tom E. Curran to evaluate the Patriots 2026 draft class. They dive into some of New England’s early picks, like OT Caleb Lomu, EDGE Gabe Jacas and TE Eli Raridon. They wonder if Lomu was the “best player available” at No. 28, like Mike Vrabel said he wanted. They answer who they expect to have the most impact in 2026. Did this feel like a Vrabel draft or an Eliot Wolf draft, and how much did Vrabel’s absence affect the team on Day 3? Plus, Phil Perry hands out his draft superlatives!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, what's up everybody?

0:11.7

Welcome into Tom Carman's Patriots Talk podcast.

0:14.4

We are bringing in the nation's foremost draft expert, documented.

0:19.4

Phil A. Perry had the most accurate first round mark.

0:23.2

You can see it right there, right on the screen if you're on YouTube.

0:26.7

And he followed that up by nailing not just the selection of Illinois edge defender Gabacchus,

0:33.6

but to trade up to get them.

0:35.9

And, and the spot the Patriots would trade up into.

0:41.8

I don't know what I'm doing with my hands right now,

0:45.7

but I might adopt it.

0:48.0

Phil, come on in here.

0:49.1

How did this all happen?

0:51.7

Well, you know, just a blind squirrel, Tom. A blind squirrel. Every once in a while, you hit on something like this. And listen, I think I should actually be docked points on that first round mock because there really was one pick that I actually cared about. It was number 31 overall. And I didn't get that one.

1:12.2

I had them trading out.

1:13.8

They actually traded up.

1:15.6

I had them taking a tight end.

1:17.9

They took a lineman.

1:19.7

So, like, you know, listen, I appreciate, I appreciate you, as the kids might say, giving me my flowers.

1:31.4

But again, I really was after one pick i wanted one done i wanted to get one didn't get it fine um there are soon some uh new names to learn

1:37.3

after this weekend rob snider is going to throw up all the names right now. Well, whoever's producing.

1:44.8

Here's the guys who were drafted.

1:46.0

We got a nomadi. We got a baron. We got a jamb. We got a quintavius. We got a Demetrius. We have a Karon. All of those guys taken on day three. And of course, there was overarching this draft. the fact that this team was in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons when the draft began.

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