Patriots Draft Room

Fellow Patriots fans and draft nerds like me, I introduce you to my top 50 big board of prospects I view the New England Patriots should be watching, considering, and hopefully calling some of their names during the 2026 NFL Draft. In setting this up I had to give myself ground rules, I needed to observe how the Patriots performed this season, I needed to observe the college football landscape. I needed to find areas where we can improve, and the prospects that can help us do

Rankings by position (Patriot fit) You may be asking “why wasn’t this guy on your big board?” Well here’s where they stack up in my overall rankings. I’ve ranked position groups based on what I’ve watched, personal preference, research on fit for the Patriots in terms of scheme and locker room fit, as well as where they may rank in consensus’s rankings. Some guys being scheme versatile helped boost their rank, some guys locker room leadership, commitment and demeanor helped b

The 2026 NFL Draft is in the books. All 32 teams will have hoped to have left the draft with a new, improved roster and ready to take it to camp. The Patriots entered the draft with 11 picks and finished with 9. Moving around the board, the team even acquired a 7th-round pick for 2027 from the Vikings. I’ve struggled with how I want to grade this class. I see a pathway for everyone we selected, I see areas of our roster improving. This is not the sexy star-studded class we to

With the 28th pick in the NFL Draft, the New England Patriots select: Caleb Lomu. Tackle out of Utah 6’6 313 lbs w/ 33 3/8 inch arm length. 9 1/2 inch hands. 4.99 40 time w/ a 1.74 10 yard split. When the Patriots selected Lomu, I was not jumping for joy. I wasn’t screaming at the top of my lungs excited. I had even previously said not even 10 minutes before, as the board was winding down and talking available tackles “I don’t see him coming to us, and that I didn’t think he

The 2026 draft class has been overshadowed by the looming 2027 class for long enough. For the last 3 years, it’s all anyone wants to compare classes to. 2027 this, 2027 that. We get it… it’s said to be an elite class, star-studded, blue chips galore, and even experts fail to truly talk about a lot of the great talent throughout THIS draft. Instead, it’s just more comments that devalue these current prospects. It’s not fair, and frankly, it’s kind of lazy. The class that’s her