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I'll let you decide on draft success


2014
1.29 DL Dominique Easley Florida
2.30 QB Jimmy Garoppolo Eastern Illinois
4.05 OL Bryan Stork Florida State (from Jaguars)
4.30 RB James White Wisconsin
4.40 OL Cameron Fleming Stanford compensatory pick
6.03 OL Jon Halapio Florida (from Jaguars)
6.22 DL Zach Moore (from Eagles)
6.30 DB Jemea Thomas Georgia Tech
7.29 WR Jeremy Gallon Michigan
2013
2.22 LB Jamie Collins Southern Mississippi from MIN
2.29 WR Aaron Dobson Marshall
3.21 DB Logan Ryan Rutgers from MIN
3.29 DB Duron Harmon Rutgers
4.05 WR Josh Boyce Texas Christian from DET through MIN
7.20 DL Michael Buchanan Illinois from CHI through TB
7.29 LB Steve Beauharnais Rutgers
2012
1.21 DL Chandler Jones Syracuse from CIN
1.25 LB Dont'a Hightower Alabama from DEN
2.16 DB Tavon Wilson Illinois from OAK
3.27 DL Jake Bequette Arkansas from GB
6.27 DB Nate Ebner Ohio State from GB
7.17 DB Alfonzo Dennard Nebraska from NYJ through GB
7.28 WR Jeremy Ebert Northwestern from GB
2011
1.17 OL Nate Solder Colorado from OAK (Richard Seymour)
2.01 DB Ras-I Dowling Virginia from CAR
2.24 RB Shane Vereen California from NO
3.09 RB Stevan Ridley from HOU
3.10 QB Ryan Mallett Arkansas from MIN
5.07 OL Marcus Cannon from HOU
5.28 TE Lee Smith Marshall
6.29 LB Markell Carter Central Arkansas from NYJ through PHI
7.16 DB Malcolm Williams Texas Christian from OAK
2010
1.27 DB Devin McCourty Rutgers from DAL
2.10 TE Rob Gronkowski Arizona from CHI through TB and OAK
2.21 LB Jermaine Cunningham Florida
2.30 LB Brandon Spikes Florida from MIN through HOU
3.26 WR Taylor Price Ohio from DAL
4.15 TE Aaron Hernandez Florida from SF through DEN
5.19 P Zoltan Mesko Michigan from HOU
6.36 OL Ted Larsen North Carolina State Compensatory Pick
7.01 OL Thomas Welch Vanderbilt from STL through WAS
7.40 DL Brandon Deaderick Alabama Compensatory Pick
7.41 DL Kade Weston Georgia Compensatory Pick
7.43 QB Zac Robinson Oklahoma State Compensatory Pick
2009
2.02 DB Patrick Chung Oregon from KC
2.08 DL Ron Brace Boston College from OAK
2.09 DB Darius Butler Connecticut from GB
2.26 OL Sebastian Vollmer Houston
3.19 WR Brandon Tate North Carolina from NYJ through GB
3.33 LB Tyrone McKenzie South Florida compensatory pick
4.23 OL Rich Ohrnberger Penn State from BAL
5.34 OL George Bussey Louisville compensatory pick
6.25 LS Jake Ingram Hawaii from BAL
6.34 DL Myron Pryor Kentucky compensatory pick
7.23 WR Julian Edelman Kent State from MIA through JAC
7.25 DL Darryl Richard Georgia Tech
2008
1.10 LB Jerod Mayo Tennessee from NO
2.31 DB Terrence Wheatley Colorado
3.15 LB Shawn Crable Michigan from NO
3.31 QB Kevin O'Connell San Diego State
4.30 DB Jonathan Wilhite Auburn
5.18 WR Matt Slater UCLA from TB
6.31 LB Bo Ruud Nebraska
2007
1.24 DB Brandon Meriweather from SEA
4.28 DL Kareem Brown Miami
5.34 OL Clint Oldenburg Colorado State compensatory pick
6.06 LB Justin Rogers Southern Methodist from ARI
6.28 DB Mike Richardson Notre Dame
6.34 RB Justise Hairston Central Connecticut compensatory pick
6.35 OL Corey Hilliard Oklahoma State compensatory pick
7.01 LB Oscar Lua Southern California from OAK
7.37 OL Mike Elgin Iowa compensatory pick
2006
1.21 RB Laurence Maroney Minnesota
2.04 WR Chad Jackson Florida from GB; trade 2006 2.20, 3.11
3.22 TE David Thomas Texas
4.09 TE Garrett Mills Tulsa from DET
4.21 K Stephen Gostkowski Memphis
5.03 OL Ryan O'Callaghan California from OAK
6.22 DL Jeremy Mincey Florida
6.36 OL Dan Stevenson Notre Dame compensatory pick
6.37 DL Le Kevin Smith Nebraska compensatory pick
7.21 DB Willie Andrews Baylor

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VegasSaint9

That 2010 draft class was just loaded. Whatever they did after 2010 started to work. They got way better at drafting. The Patriots might not be the best drafting team but at least they have a ton of picks to work with. We get like 5 picks a year and miss on about 4 every year on avg. instead we trade up and get rid of depth or potential starters because the FO likes what they see and ends up being the wrong choice or a bust. I love Cooks and i think he's going to be a stud, but how do you pick a WR in the first that wasn't named Beckham, Evans, or Watkins. Especially when you have Jordan Matthews, Jarvis Landry, and just bunch of other guys in a loaded WR class... That 3rd round pick could've been Chris Borland for all we know....

Barry from MS

I'm for the drafting strategy that the Patriots use...tons of picks to work with, plus it gives you more leverage to trade up or down or trade established players. The odds are in your favor to hit with more picks, I reckon, kinda like at the casino.

Let me rephrase...the odds are still piled waaay against you in the casino, but the more numbers you cover on the roulette table the odds are better that you hit a winner eventually.

Unless there's a little ol' magnet under the wheel.