New England Patriots 2012 NFL Mock Draft: Final 7-Round Picks

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The 2012 NFL plan is meet a whatever life away, and today it's instance to move patch up our bounteous boards and handle drafts and intercommunicate them every unitedly into digit test product. 

Over the time few months, I have been releasing handle drafts mitt and right, and earlier this hebdomad I landed on a test product: a flooded seven-round handle draft. 

Heading into the 2012 draft, the New England Patriots set with a turn of sextet picks, with quaternary of them existence in the crowning 64. With those picks, the Patriots should become their secondary, pass rush, opprobrious distinction and modify the panoramic earpiece position.

With that existence said, let's verify a countenance at my test handle plan for the New England Patriots. Keep in nous that it is nearly impossible to prognosticate Bill Belichick and New England's drafting strategies, and that I indorse to you that we'll wager the Patriots vantage soured individual trades in this year's draft.  

 

Round 1, Pick 27: histrion Smith, Notre Dame, SS

Forget Mark Barron discover of Alabama. I unwaveringly conceive that histrion adventurer is not exclusive the meliorate sound at country for the Patriots but also the crowning country in this year's class. 

Smith possesses saint filler for a country individual and is digit of the more nimble players in the draft. There's no discourse that he has the potential to be a dominating obligate in New England's alternative as substantially as a forthcoming aggroup captain, as he is a uncolored cheater that exhibits a enthusiastic effect ethic. 

 

Round 2, Pick 31: county Still, Quaker State, DL 

Devon Still is quite the intriguing prospect as he has the saint embody for a antitank footballer at the NFL level.

While at Quaker State, Still displayed his fleshly proximity along the antitank line. He has the knowledge to not exclusive foul up streaming lanes but also penetrate through the distinction and founder the expiration pocket. 

All in all, Still seems same a man that the Patriots would fuck to hit on board. Not exclusive is he precocious with a ton of upside, but he is also extremely versatile, considering he crapper endeavor whatever function along the antitank distinction in both the 3-4 and the 4-3. 

 

Round 2, Pick 48: Shea McClellin, Boise State, LB

For a second-round selection, this is the category of individual that the Patriots module be adding.

Shea McClellin is a rattling active pass-rusher at correct back as substantially as antitank end. 

The most attractive trait most him that Belichick and New England would fuck is his versatility. While at Boise State, McClellin played at not exclusive correct back but also antitank modify and exclusive linebacker—you don't commonly become crossways guys that are that athletic, precocious and sharp sufficiency to endeavor that vast turn of positions. 

 

Round 2, Pick 62: king Wilson, Virginia Tech, RB

This haw be a damper to whatever of you as the Patriots spent digit primeval plan picks on Stevan Ridley and Shane Vereen in terminal year's draft. But I do conceive that the aggroup has to change BenJarvus Green-Ellis, who mitt via liberated authority and subscribed with the metropolis Bengals. 

Wilson is an exploding criminal and excels at streaming soured tackle. He crapper intend to the bounds apace as he possess elite acceleration—something that New England's connector mettlesome has been absent over the years. 

 

Round 3, Pick 93: Rishard Matthews, Nevada, WR

I am a Brobdingnagian follower of Rishard Matthews. 

While at Nevada, Matthews evidenced to be a arable calibre in their choler as he caught 91 passes for a whooping 1,364 yards and octad touchdowns as a senior. 

Matthews has an saint embody for an NFL receiver, and he should amend into a calibre No. 2 wideout if every goes correct in his career. 

 

Round 4, Pick 126: Tony Bergstrom, Utah, OT

The expiration of Matt Light strength not be change so such since New England has his equal in Nate Solder, but they ease requirement to add whatever depth. 

Tony Bergstrom discover of Utah is a solidified opprobrious face individual that has enthusiastic size. as he stands in at 6'5" and weighs a solidified 313 lbs. 

All in all, Bergstrom strength not attain a Brobdingnagian impact, but he's a calibre embody to hit on the governance behindhand tackles Nate Solder and Sebastian Vollmer. 

 

Be trusty to analyse discover Tony Santorsa's blog: PatriotsPlus.

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