Draft Review- New England Patriots

by Jesse on May 8th, 2006

The Picks

New England
Rd	Sel#	Player	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	School
1	21	Maroney, Laurence	RB	6-0	216	Minnesota
2	36	Jackson, Chad	WR	6-1	212	Florida
3	86	Thomas, Dave	TE	6-3	239	Texas
4	106	Mills, Garrett	TE	6-1	227	Tulsa
4	118	Gostkowski, Stephen	K	6-2	210	Memphis
5	136	O’Callaghan, Ryan	G	6-7	343	California
6	191	Mincey, Jeremy	DE	6-4	258	Florida
6	205	Stevenson, Dan	G	6-5	297	Notre Dame
6	206	Smith, Le Kevin	DT	6-3	315	Nebraska
7	229	Andrews, Willie	CB	5-9	182	Baylor

Analysis

Laurence Maroney is going to be a very good player in a few years. Not the next LaDanian Tomlinson, but pretty good. The fact that he fell to the Pats was good luck for both parties.

Chad Jackson was not a good pick. As one person said, he seems eerily like the next David Terrel, and I’m kind of surprised the Pats took him, even though some teams had him as the top reciever on their draft board. I think Sinorice Moss would have been a better choice.

Being from Oklahoma I saw a lot of Garrett Mills, and the guy is way underrated. I wouldn’t be surprised if he ends up being a top tight end. But it made no sense whatsoever for the Patriots to pick him. They already have two good young tight ends, and they have incredibly urgent needs at defensive back, which they waited until the seventh round to fill. Not good

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