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Early look at New England Patriots 2015 Draft Board

By Willy

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Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

I share one thing in common with Patriots Bill Belichick, after all the games have been played our next favorite part of the year is the NFL Draft.

Last years draft was deep and full of upper echelon talent, along with plenty of players that would’ve gone fairly high in this year’s draft if they had waited a year. In a nutshell I’m less than in love with this year’s draft stock but with that said there is still plenty of good talent to be had.

Finding the best talent available is something every team in the league works very hard to accomplish, the Patriots are no exception. As much of a wizard Bill is as a coach he still strives to be the best draft king in the league. He treats the draft as if it were a Chess match, with one move leading to another move that we just don’t see coming.

Sometimes he hits (Tom Brady, Vince Wilfork, Rob Gronkowski…) and sometimes he misses by a mile (Terrence Wheatley, Taylor Price, Shawn Crable…).

And Bill isn’t afraid to move up, down, in or out of any round while also trying to accumulate extra or future year’s picks treating them like real estate.

Every year I read hundreds of Mock drafts and I find one thing to be true, they aren’t worth the paper they’re written on 95% of the time. Let’s face it, it is impossible to know who Bill will pick for each round, so why bother?

With that said I won’t offer you yet another Mock Draft but instead I will give you a list of players of which I would hope some of them would be on Bill’s Big Board ( I had 3 chosen players correct last year).

This list will take into account player values (from multiple sites) and needs of the team, But it wont include players I don’t believe they will focus on, IE Wide Receivers, Running Backs or Special teams. The Best talent/ high round pick starts at the top and works its way down to the final round choices.

  1. Arik Armstead  DT  Oregon  6’-7”  339lbs
  2. Eddie Goldman  DT  Florida St. 6’-4”  336lbs
  3. P.J. Williams  CB  Florida St. 6’  194lbs
  4. Quinten Rollins  CB Miami of Ohio  5’-11” 195lbs
  5. Denzel Perryman  ILB  Miami  5’-11” 236lbs
  6. Carl Davis  DT  Iowa  6’-5” 320lbs
  7. Michael Bennett  DT  Ohio St. 6’-2” 293lbs
  8. Jalen Collins  CB  LSU  6’-1” 203lbs
  9. Kevin Johnson  CB  Wake Forest  6’  188lbs
  10. Gabe Wright   DT  Auburn  6’-3”  300lbs
  11. Alex Carter  CB  Stanford  6’  196lbs
  12. Ramik Wilson  ILB  Georgia  6’-2” 237lbs
  13. Josh Shaw  CB  USC  6’  201lbs
  14. Henry Anderson  DE  Stanford  6’-6” 294lbs
  15. Owamagbe Odighizuwa  DE  UCLA  6’-3” 267lbs (only as mid round pick)
  16. Marcus Hardison  DT  Arizona St. 6’-3” 307lbs
  17. Donovan Smith  T/G  Penn St.  6’-6” 338lbs
  18. Kaleb Eulls  DT  Mississippi St.  6’-4” 295lbs
  19. Max Garcia  C/G  Florida  6’-4” 309lbs
  20. Derrick Lott  DT  Tenn/Chatta  6’-4” 314lbs
  21. Corey Robinson  T  So.Car. 6’-7” 324lbs
  22. Leterrius Walton  DT  Cen. Mich.  6’-5” 319lbs
  23. Adam Shead  G  Oklahoma  6’-4” 338lbs
  24. Mark Glowinski  G   W.Virginia  6’-4” 307lbs
  25. Tyeler Davison  DT  Fresno St.  6’-2”  316lbs
  26. Tony Washington  OLB  Oregon  6’-4”  247lbs
  27. J.R. Tavai   OLB  USC  6’-2”  249lbs
  28. Mitch Morse  T/G  Missouri  6’-5”  305lbs
  29. Shaquille Riddick  DE  W.Virginia  6’-6”  242lbs
  30. Jon Feliciano  G  Miami  6’-4”  323lbs
  31. Deiontrez Mount  OLB  Louisville  6’-5”  243lbs
  32. Junior Sylvestre  OLB  Toledo  6’  222lbs

For those interested in the Draft like I am it will be held on April 30th–May 2nd in Chicago. If you have a favorite from the above list or someone I didn’t list than let’s hear it. Go Pat’s!

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