All right. First round, Patriots on the clock. Pick 31. We've already both professed our love for

boring being the new sexy in Patriots Nation. My priorities for the Patriots are edge or

swing tackle one or two. So if you get an edge one, then you get a swing tackle two.

And then I would like a prospect of tight end because you moved on from Hoopa,

um, Westover this guy, Julian Hill, the one they signed from Miami, he's no, he's no

offensive threat.

And this is Hunter Henry's going to be his 10th year in the league.

Like you, like you're going to start seeing diminishing returns sooner than later on the touchdown Hunter. So I think you need to grab a developmental tight end prospect as well. How do you feel about it? I think of this draft, you address the needs you like on your team. But at the same time, this is a draft to me that's preparing for the

future that because you know you talk about a swing tackle like you have morgan moses as your

right tackle and but you didn't like they didn't expect him to be healthy as much as he was last

season at 35 years old like that was kind of oh my god so you need to prepare for that post morgan moses So you need to prepare for that post-Morgan Moses time.

You need to prepare for that post-Hunter Henry time.

And I think that that's what this draft is partially about is because at the same time, you know, you can load up now, especially because they're going to have back-to-back seasons of having to pay

some big money to two really good players that need to be patriots for life.

Christian Gonzalez is Drake May next year. So you need to load up on that rookie talent and get that

young talent in where you're not paying them much, but they're looking to prove themselves to make this team better. And so that's how I'm kind of looking at it is like, you know, yes, address those needs now, still maintain how good of a team you were last year, if not better, because you want to, you know, you don't want to lose in the Super Bowl. You want to win that thing. But at the same time, also prepare for the 2027 season, the 28th season and beyond. Yeah, you're going to need depth in those ranks because eventually all the money you're spending in the off season. That grocery store budget is going to go from Whole Foods to Market Basket real quick because of what you're going to have to pay gonzo and should pay gonzo.

I think it happens in mid to late July and then a year from now when Drake May signs most

likely a record average annual value quarterback deal as well.

And that's why I think it would be criminal malpractice to not also do everything you can

to support them now and not just make this another competitive year that sees at least a divisional round run like no you have a quarterback on a rookie contract who's

really good with a really good coach and some really good players around him get after that shit

go try to win that Super Bowl again don't just say like well we had a nice surprise run we'll hopefully

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