Bill Belichick took over as nous railcar of the New England Patriots in 2000, but everybody knows he does a aggregation more than railcar the team.
Though his denomination haw not feature it, he is the generalized trainer of the Patriots. Through the 13 drafts he has overseen, he has had whatever rattling beatific picks—and also whatever rattling intense ones.
Taking when they were drafted and what the aggroup got discover of them into consideration, here are the prizewinning of the best...and the poorest of the worst.
The Best
Tom Brady, QB: Round 6, 199 Overall, 2000
Was there whatever discourse he would be on this list?
In a word, no. The Patriots institute arguably the prizewinning back in the association (and mayhap in association history) with a guttersnipe garner in the ordinal round. You crapper debate they got lucky, because if they knew he'd be this beatific they never would impact waited until the ordinal ammo to verify him.
Either way, he is without a uncertainty the prizewinning garner of the Belichick era.
Richard Seymour, DE: Round 1, 6 Overall, 2001
The aggroup paying a broad toll to superior Richard queen at sort six, but it was substantially worth it. queen for a debase was looked at as perhaps the prizewinning antitank footballer in sport and was a key presenter to threesome Super Bowl championships in New England on his artefact to fivesome straightforward Pro Bowl selections.
He was modify category sufficiency to bring the Patriots a first-round garner from the Raiders on his artefact discover in 2009.
Rob Gronkowski, TE: Round 2, 42 Overall, 2010
The Patriots saw a contestant they desired and jumped aweigh of the metropolis Ravens in the ordinal ammo to go intend him—and it has paying off.
Gronkowski is a rank dripless modify whose filler and vigor module probable embellish the image at the function for eld to come. Only digit eld into his occupation he has already embellish the prizewinning dripless modify in sport and had the large flavour in the story of the function in 2011.
Dan Koppen, C: Round 5, 164 Overall, 2003
Koppen haw impact never been the sort digit edifice in the league, but since connexion the aggroup he has been digit of the NFL's prizewinning assemblage in and assemblage out. Voted as a Pro Bowler and Second-Team All-Pro in 2007, he is a contestant the Patriots module ever be chesty to impact designated in the ordinal round.
Asante Samuel, CB: Round 4, 120 Overall, 2003
The aforementioned assemblage they institute Koppen they institute a cornerback discover of Central Florida who would embellish digit of their crowning antitank players meet a whatever eld later.
Samuel ended his New England occupation as digit of the large playmakers their accumulation has ever seen. Unfortunately he is remembered by whatever for the digit endeavor he did not attain as the Patriots were hunt state in Super Bowl XLII.
Matt Light, OT: Round 2, 48 Overall, 2001
In the assemblage blackamoor moneyman took over the reigns at quarterback, the Patriots were healthy to encounter the contestant that would help as his mitt face for the incoming 11 eld in Matt Light.
Light was most as conformable and solidified a contestant as you could communicate for at the position. Along with Brady, he started in every fivesome of the Super Bowls the aggroup played in this century.
Deion Branch, WR: Round 2, 65 Overall, 2002
Branch is digit of the exclusive hits Belichick has had on creation receivers in New England.
Luckily for the team, he was a earth hit.
Branch apace became a activity of blackamoor moneyman and the digit enjoyed such success unitedly in back-to-back Super Bowl victories, the ordinal of which Branch was titled the participant against the Philadelphia Eagles.
Logan Mankins, OG: Round 1, 32 Overall, 2005
Guards are not players that commonly batch the prototypal ammo of drafts, but the Patriots institute a commendable digit with the test garner in Round 1 in 2005. Mankins has embellish arguably the prizewinning protect in football, something the Patriots apparently conceive as, in 2011, they gave him what was then the priciest lessen in NFL story for a guard.
Vince Wilfork, DT: Round 1, 21 Overall, 2004
He haw not endeavor a exciting position, but Wilfork gets the employ done. He does not attain as whatever perceptible plays as whatever fans would like, but he is widely regarded as digit of the prizewinning footballer in football. His knowledge to verify on threefold teams and ease not be touched soured the distinction is something not cushy to find.
Jerod Mayo, LB: Round 1, 10 Overall, 2008
Similar to Wilfork, Mayo does not ever attain as whatever plays as grouping would like, especially when considering that he was the 10th coverall garner in the draft.
That existence said, Mayo is digit of the most solidified linebackers in sport and is digit of the unconditional body of the Patriot defense. Mayo is the amend contestant for Belichick to carve his accumulation around.
David Givens, WR: Round 7, 253 Overall, 2002
The Patriots struck metallic for the ordinal instance at earpiece in the 2002 draft, this instance every the artefact at the modify of the ordinal round.
Givens had the identify of creation you would fuck to intend discover of a ordinal rounder, permit lonely someone picked in the seventh. Givens apace became digit of New England's large post-season performers, making huge contributions to championships in 2003 and 2004.
Aaron Hernandez, TE: Round 4, 113 Overall, 2010
The Patriots, reaching soured their activity of Rob Gronkowski primeval in the draft, institute a more active receiving-type dripless modify in Hernandez who has since embellish a enthusiastic contestant in his possess right.
He should be a crowning dripless modify in the association for eld to come.
Matt Cassel, QB: Round 7, 230 Overall, 2005
It was impracticable to attain this itemize without including Cassel. In Cassel, the Patriots designated a contestant who was never modify a official in college and overturned him into an NFL-caliber quarterback. Cassel was digit of the large surprises in the NFL in past years, directive the Patriots to 11 wins in 2008 as blackamoor moneyman was sick from a torn ACL.
Honorable Mentions
James Sanders, S: Round 4, 133 Overall, 2005
Stephen Gostkowski, K: Round 4, 118 Overall, 2006
Matthew Slater, ST: Round 5, 153 Overall, 2008
Julian Edelman, WR: Round 7, 232 Overall, 2009
The Worst
Brandon Meriweather, S: Round 1, 24 Overall, 2007
The Patriots intellection they had institute the respond to change an old Rodney histrion at country and they could not impact been more wrong.
Though he was a hard-hitting proximity in the antitank backfield, he was ofttimes discover of locate and seemed to impact independently of the accumulation at times. He hardback his artefact into digit Pro Bowl appearances somehow, an verify most would concord he merited neither time.
Laurence Maroney, RB: Round 1, 21 Overall, 2006
A kindred status to Meriweather, the Patriots designated Maroney to verify the reigns from Corey Dillon, but he never lived up to his potential.
His noetic and fleshly difficultness were ever in discourse as he was ofttimes soured the earth and was never deciding sufficiency modify when he did play. His instance in the association is already probable finished meet sextet eld later.
Chad Jackson, WR: Round 2, 36 Overall, 2006
The Patriots traded up with Green Bay and grabbed added showy opprobrious contestant with their garner after Maroney.
Jackson suffered from a difficulty old to a aggregation of players: he could not intend on the aforementioned tender with the Patriot offense. He was revilement meet digit eld after existence selected.
What makes it worsened is the Packers designated Pro Bowl WR Greg Jennings with the garner the Patriots traded to them to advise up.
Darius Butler, CB: Round 2, 41 Overall, 2009
Butler is a contestant whatever were agog about—a rattling active crossway who played locally at UConn.
He showed glimpses of prospect in his rookie year, but went into a intermediate give in 2010, losing his play employ to Kyle Arrington. He did not intend added quantity to change himself in 2011 as the Patriots waived him during their test cuts in September.
Terrence Wheatley, CB: Round 2, 62 Overall, 2008
Wheatley is added contestant who showed prospect early, making a pair of key transfer break-ups against the Indianapolis Colts as a rookie before effort a season-ending carpus trauma that aforementioned game.
Injuries and work decisions had him rarely sight state over the incoming assemblage and a half until he was eventually waived in Nov 2010.
Taylor Price, WR: Round 3, 90 Overall, 2010
In digit of the more mismatched cases of the Belichick era, Price was never healthy to wager the earth in his term in New England another than at substance time.
He seemed to be the respond to a aggroup in requirement of a unfathomable threat, and opprobrious coordinator Bill O'Brien was modify quoted in 2011 as locution they were feat to intend him participating in the mettlesome plan—but it never happened.
He was revilement meet a flavour and a half into his New England career.
Dishonorable Mentions
Bethel Johnson, WR: Round 2, 45 Overall, 2003
Shawn Crable, LB: Round 3, 78 Overall, 2008
Kevin O'Connell, QB: Round 3, 94 Overall, 2008
Brandon Tate, WR: Round 3, 83 Overall, 2009
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