NFL Draft, starts Saturday at 2:30pm on NFL Network

Well the rumors are abound this morning already. So far according to ESPN and their “Inside information” Here are the top 3 picks, and my guesses:

Miami:Jake Long (I know, I am going out on a limb here)
St Louis: Chris Long
Atlanta: Mat Ryan
Oakland: Vernon Goulston
Kansas CIty: Glenn Dorsey
Jersey – A: Cedric Ellis

That leaves us with McFadden staring us in the face… My guess would be we pull a trade with the Cowboys for that pick, they get McFadden, we get 2 first round picks. With those picks we get Mike Jenkins, and Curtis Lofton.

If it doesn’t go that way and Oakland picks McFadden, my bet is Ellis falls to us, and baring a trade, we grab the big man.

Gone to Raiders. Chargers vs. Raiders will be a great game – LT vs. McFadden.

for a 3rd round pick is a nice exchange. The Bengals just took Keith Rivers at 9, so it will be interesting to see who the Pats pick, or if they trade down again.

ILB for Tennessee. He has a great history of production in the SEC. He also had a good performance at the combine (ran a 4.5 in the 40.) Known as a very smart player. He was projected to go lower than the 10th pick, but frankly I don’t know why. A great player at a position that the Pats need to get younger.

I’ll be keeping track of the draft under “2008 Patriots Draft” in the left-hand menu. Our picks will have links to Matt Miller’s New Era Scouting.

Congrats, Pats fans. Having followed Mayo for four years, I can tell you that you’ve got a fantastic new linebacker. Treat him right.

Joel, head blogger at Rocky Top Talk, has a great profile on Jerod Mayo.

Who is in control over there at the Pats… 2 need picks back to back… that is shocking! Well we got our CB and our LB now.. where too next? TE? O-line?

I was actually hoping for LB Dan Connor from Penn St. here, but Wheatley is a CB, and that is probably more of a need position than LB.

O Line should be next. We need a little depth there.

I wonder what made BB want Wheatley. I was honestly thinking Thomas Terrel made the better pick there. I guess that is why BB gets the paycheck, and I watch from the couch

were talking spouting on about how we need a corner after Asante left. How on earth do they think Wheatley can fill his shoes? Maybe they grab someone with more experience later on?

Sorry got trigger happy on the post button…

Anyway don’t forget that Ty Law is still out there. He would be a nice addition to help school the younger CBs. Also, I think Merriweather will play corner this year, or we will do a lot more zone coverage schemes rather then man. I like Hobbs, but he isn’t a top shelf corner.

With the 78th pick in the draft, the one from New Orleans, we selected the giant OLB Shawn Crable from Michigan. He lists as he favorite player: Ray Lewis

Sounds good to me!

Mayo, Wheatley and Crable: if these young lads pan out, we got ourselves one heck of a future on defense.

We have selected QB Kevin O’Connell from San Diego State College.

did the patriots take a QB?

with brady or cassel?

Nothing wrong with trying to find a diamond in the rough. It’s how we got Brady.

Selected as our Round 4 30 pick.

Is picked up in round 5.

In Round 6. And, due to and end-of-draft flurry of trades, that is it for the Patriots.

The offense gets no love this year. That actually surprises me. I expected a TE to get drafted this year. I guess that means they have some faith in some of the younger players in the organization as well. Maroney and Jackson have the opportunity to step up now.

Sure O’Connell is an offensive player, but he doesn’t really count as the most he will be expected to do is take a couple of kneel downs, maybe a half quarter or so in the pre-season