2009 NFL Draft: New England Patriots Recap

by NESilver on Apr 26, 2009 8:29 PM EDT Comment 8 comments

The draft is finally behind us. After much speculation about who the Patriots would select, here are the players Bill Belichick and the front office ultimately chose to be a part of New England.

2nd Round (32nd overall): Patrick Chung, SS - Oregon
2nd Round (40th overall): Ron Brace, DT - Boston College
2nd Round (41st overall): Darius Butler, CB - Connecticut
2nd Round (58th overall): Sebastian Vollmer, OL - Houston
3rd Round (83rd overall): Brandon Tate, WR - North Carolina
3rd Round (97th overall): Tyrone McKenzie, OLB - South Florida
4th Round (123rd overall): Rich Ohrnberger, OG - Penn State
5th Round (170th overall): George Bussey, OT - Louisville
6th Round (198th overall): Jake Ingram, LS - Hawaii
6th Round (207th overall): Myron Pryor, DT - Kentucky
7th Round (232nd overall): Julian Edelman, QB/WR - Kent State
7th Round (234th overall): Darryl Richard, DT - Georgia Tech

There you have it, folks. That's a haul of 12 rookies for 2009. Broken down by position, that's 3 defensive linemen, 3 offensive linemen, 2 wide receivers, 1 cornerback, 1 linebacker, 1 safety, and 1 long snapper.

The Patriots also traded cornerback Ellis Hobbs to the Philadelphia Eagles for both of their fifth round picks. Finally, the Patriots stocked themselves pretty well for the future, trading two of their third round selections to the Jacksonville Jaguars and the Tennessee Titans. In return, the Pats received their 2010 second round picks (so make sure you root against these guys next year!). Those picks may be extra important with all of our potential free agents coming up, depending on how the CBA situation plays out.

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Thanks

I was just going to post the summary, but you took care of it. Busy weekend all around, and I’m still trying to digest all the moves from the past two days. These things never go as I think they will. Lots of surprises for sure. So far, it’s all good and we’ll see how it all plays out the rest of the off-season.

Keep the faith!

by Marima on Apr 26, 2009 8:37 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Hah!!

Everyone’s thinking alike! Same here and I was glad to see NESilver pulled it together. You rock!!

Blogger at SBNation's Patriots blog, Pats Pulpit

by MaPatsFan on Apr 26, 2009 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

No problem =)

It’s definitely been a busy weekend. After juggling a bunch of things at once (and popping in on occasions in the draft threads), I finally managed some free time and focused on a quick write-up since nobody else had done it yet.

Anyway, I’m pretty excited that we went after a lot of players on defense and the offensive line, even if we went away from a lot of the players I had my eye on (but what the heck do I know? I certainly don’t have an eye for talent like Belichick does – though Butler and Chung were definitely on my radar, woohoo!).

I’ll be rooting for all of our picks, but I think I may be riding on the McKenzie bandwagon this offseason. From the stories written up on him, he’s an easy player to pull for. Sounds like a good character guy.

by NESilver on Apr 26, 2009 9:14 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Likes and dislikes...

I have high hopes for Vollmer, I saw the Shrine Game and really liked that pick. He was outstanding that day. Pryor could be a guy with real upside in the 6th too.

Butler’s the most talented corner. Hopefully, the structure here can help him mature. That combine performance (i.e. – not lifting as he "wasn’t ready)…that was troubling. Tape doesn’t lie though, man can really play.

Tate could be interesting, but I’m not expecting anything in `09. The best part of the draft, I thought, were the 2nd rounders from TN and JAX for `10.

by Danno11 on Apr 26, 2009 10:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Isn't Tate dealing with injuries?

He may be one of those annual “rookie on IR” guys that are held onto for the future.

by NESilver on Apr 26, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yes

I believe ’09 will be a “healing year” for Tate. He tore his ACL & MCL in October, ’08 so will need some time. Whether or not he gets any reps at all remains to be seen, but I think this season will be a learning and healing season for him.

Blogger at SBNation's Patriots blog, Pats Pulpit

by MaPatsFan on Apr 27, 2009 6:58 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs