Bonus weekend links for Saturday
TEAM TALK
- Evan Lazar thumbnails the best available players for Day 3 of the draft: Who could New England target?
- Mike Dussault analyzes the Patriots Day 2 picks: The Patriots are quickly reestablishing their offense by addressing their biggest needs.
- Mike Dussault offers his instant reactions to the Pats adding WR Ja’Lynn Polk and OT Caedan Wallace on Day 2.
- Roundup: Experts react to Patriots 2024 NFL Draft Day 2 Picks: Round 2, pick 37: Washington WR Ja’Lynn Polk and Round 3, pick 68: Penn State OT Caedan Wallace.
- Press Conference transcripts: Eliot Wolf (8 min.), Ja’Lynn Polk (9 min.) and Caeden Wallace (7 min.)
- Inside the Draft Room as New England selects WR Ja’Lynn Polk. (1.26 min. video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Mike Reiss takes a closer look at each of the Patriots’ 2024 draft picks. /Good analysis.
- Tom E. Curran says the Patriots’ decision to draft Drake Maye is all about upside — and a reminder that they have plenty of work to do.
- Christopher Price gives us the winners, losers and Patriots takeaways after Day 2.
- Mark Morse offers his Patriots Day 2 draft opinions. “The Patriots made a very bad decision to trade down with the LA Chargers. The Chargers got dynamic WR Ladd McConkey. He was one of my favorite players in this draft. The Patriots lost this trade!”
- Nicole Yang reports the Patriots addressed positions of need on Day 2.
- Karen Guregian writes how the Patriots went from making a big splash to treading water on Day 2.
- Mike D’Abate sees the Patriots adding some much-needed toughness and tenacity to their receiving corps with the selection of WR Ja’Lynn Polk.
- Chris Mason offers 3 reasons why the Patriots picked WR Ja’Lynn Polk. 1. Polk satisfies an obvious need.
- Mark Daniels explains how history hasn’t been kind to Pats’ receivers drafted in early rounds. Eliot Wolf hopes to change that with Ja’Lynn Polk. /Old enough to remember the story used to be it was Brady who sabotaged rookie wide receivers and shut them out of his inner circle.
- Matt Dolloff looks at whether drafting WR Ja’Lynn Polk at 37th was a reach and why New England picked him.
- Mike D’Abate reports on New England shoring up their porous offensive line with the selection of versatile OT Caedan Wallace in the third round.
- Alex Barth explains how the Patriots have a plan to maximize 3rd-round pick Caedan Wallace.
- Sam Robb O’Hagan tells us five things to know about Caedan Wallace, the Patriots’ pick at No. 68
- Alex Barth gives us a roundup of what the draft experts are saying about OL Caedan Wallace and WR Ja’Lynn Polk.
- Phil Perry’s Draft Grade Day 1: Bottom line, Drake Maye has the traits and the makeup to potentially be one of the top five quarterbacks in the league. That’s why when grading this pick, I give it an A.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Charles McDonald (Yahoo! Sports) Instant grades for every pick in Rounds 2 and 3. Patriots: Ja’Lynn Polk B+, Caedan Wallace B-.
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz (USA Today) NFL draft grades: Every pick from 2024 second and third round. Patriots: WR Ja’Lynn Polk, B- “Polk isn’t as dynamic as some of the alternatives that had been available here, but he’s a hard-nosed target who can be a solid asset to Maye as someone who can consistently win jump balls.”; OT Caedan Wallace, C “Wallace can handle some kind of role along the line, but serving as Drake Maye’s blindside protector seems like a stretch.”
- Chris Trapasso (CBS Sports) 2024 NFL Draft grades: Round 2 and Round 3. Ja’Lynn Polk B- “A tick early for him”; Caedan Wallace C- “Sizable framed OT with lumbering feet. Average-at-best athlete”.
- Danny Kelly (The Ringer) Draft grades, Round one. Patriots: A.
- Will Brinson (CBS Sports) 2024 NFL Draft Day 2 winners and losers. No Pats.
- Austin Gayle (The Ringer) Winners and losers of the second and third rounds.
- John Healy, et al (Audacy Sports) The biggest winners and losers of Round 1. Winners: QBs, Losers: Defense.
- Cody Benjamin (CBS Sports) What we learned from Day 2 of the 2024 NFL Draft.
- Jeff Kerr (CBS Sports) Overreactions, reality checks for Day 2 of NFL Draft: Bills get next WR1?
- Josh Alper (ProFootballTalk) Jerod Mayo: Drake Maye, Jacoby Brissett will compete all spring, training camp.
- Charean Williams (ProFootballTalk) Report: Cowboys are expected to sign Ezekiel Elliott.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL confirms players can choose to wear Guardian Caps during games.
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Roger Goodell talks up 18-game season, playing Super Bowl on Presidents’ Day weekend. /We all knew it’s been heading in that direction.
EXTRACURRICULAR
- Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Belichick explains the process of trading for Randy Moss during the draft.
- Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) 26 Iowa athletes sue over geolocation tracking of wagers.
You must be logged in to post a comment Login