What's up everybody?

Welcome into the NextPats podcast.

I'm Phil Perry.

Lots to talk about in this week's edition of NextPats.

And we're focusing in specifically on new Patriots pass rusher, Gabe Accus.

Second round pick out of Illinois, New England wanted to make sure they got him,

so they moved up in the second round from 63 to number 55.

Somehow, some way, we actually predicted that kind of trade in our final seven round mock draft specific to

the Patriots we had them trading exactly to pick 55 with the Chargers and they end up getting

their guy Gay Backus now I had an inkling that the Patriots were interested in Gaybakis before

the draft and it's easy to see why I wasn't the one, but it's very easy to see why when you watch this guy play,

and you see his play style, his play demeanor.

He wants to run through you.

He is violent.

He is heavy-handed.

And in a lot of ways, he fits the mold of what might be the more coveted kind of player, depending on the scheme

that you run, but the more coveted kind of player at the edge rush or spot, meaning burly,

tough, 260 plus pounds, and truly versatile.

Not just versatile on paper.

There are plenty of guys who play this position who are freaky athletes and who you

could make the argument for them to say that yes, they're pass rushers first and they're

bendy and they're twitchy and their getoff is incredible, but they could also play the run because they know how to slip blocks.

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