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TEAM TALK
- Don Banks Snap Judgments: NFL Draft Round 1. Imagine how much a Patriots trade of Jimmy Garoppolo might have yielded if Trubisky cost that much of a haul from Chicago?
- Patriots Draft History: Trends during the Bill Belichick Era.
- Exclusive: Inside the Patriots Draft Room before Day 1. (25 second video)
LOCAL LINKS
- Ben Volin recaps Day 1, with some teams make big moves to draft franchise quarterbacks.
- Jim McBride notes the Patriots enter this draft with no glaring needs and this is an exceptionally deep draft in the areas where the roster could use some bolstering.
- Mark Farinella notes the Patriots weren't desperate to move up in the draft and truth is they usually do a pretty good job in the middle rounds anyway.
- Ryan Hannable calls for Adam Schefter to take a bow, as it's abundantly clear the Patriots really, really like Jimmy Garoppolo.
- Mike Reiss sees Jimmy Garoppolo's value to the Patriots highlighted on the draft's first night. As Belichick said last year, "if a team doesn’t have the quarterback position accounted for -- from top to bottom on the depth chart -- it puts the entire team at risk."
- Ryan Hannable gives us 5 Patriots-related thoughts from the first round: While Garoppolo wasn't traded, the rumors may continue.
- Nick O'Malley recaps the draft: Teams go crazy trading for QBs, Alabama players plummet in Round 1.
- Doug Kyed explains how the first round of the draft shook out in the Patriots favor.
- Nicholas Goss picks his draft winners, losers, best, worst and wild of Round 1.
- Jeff Howe believes the Malcolm Butler trade speculation can probably be tabled, but the Browns might not have shut the door on their hot pursuit of Jimmy Garoppolo.
- Phil Perry suggests the Saints selection of top CB prospect Marshon Lattimore at No. 11 means the Malcolm Butler offer is dead.
- Kevin Duffy thinks it's looking more likely that Malcolm Butler will play for the Patriots in 2017.
- Karen Guregian looks at what the AFC contenders have done to try and counter the Patriots' potent offseason.
- CBS Boston reports the Patriots offense is loaded once again, so their AFC East rivals all went for defense in the first round.
- Zack Cox points out how the rest of the AFC East loaded up on defense in Round 1.
- Kevin Dillon tells us what the rest of the AFC East did in the first round to compete with the Patriots.
- DJ Bean keeps an eye on the Browns, who made three first-round picks Thursday, but still haven't gotten their quarterback.
- Michael Holley and Tom E. Curran discuss the drafts/ draft traits that stand out from the last 16 years of Patriots NFL drafts. (4.54 min. video)
- CSNNE guest Charlie Weis explains what it is like to be in the Patriots War Room on draft day, even when they don't have any 1st round picks. (1.21 min. video)
- CSNNE guest Charlie Weis tells the story of wanting to draft LaDainian Tomlinson over Richard Seymour in the 2001 draft. (1 min. video)
- CSNNE guest Charlie Weis tells us why Bethel Johnson just didn't get it and why Tom Brady decided to not throw to him during a practice. (1.50 min video)
- Hayden Bird hears from Drew Bledsoe recalling when he was drafted, when the Patriots were 'the fourth sports team in town.'
- Henry McKenna (PatriotsWire) Tom Brady posts inspirational message to 2017 prospects on draft night.
- Keith Pearson says Rob Ninkovich is still a force on the edge 11 years after his name was called in the draft.
- Ron Borges credits visionary Bert Bell for saving pro football with the draft.
NATIONAL NEWS
- Gregg Rosenthal (NFL.com) Winners and losers after Round 1 of the 2017 NFL Draft.
- Vinnie Iyer (Sporting News) NFL Draft 2017: Winners and losers of first round, from 49ers to Raiders.
- Chad Reuter (NFL.com) 2017 NFL Draft: Day 1 quick-snap grades for all 32 teams. Pats: C (for WR Brandin Cooks)
- Adam Patrick (The Comeback) How well did the NFL’s best draft ‘experts’ do with their first-round mocks?
- Emily Kaplan (The MMQB) Day 2 Mock Draft: A look ahead to how tonight might play out.
- Dane Brugler (CBS Sports) 2017 NFL Mock Draft: Second-round picks.
- Rob Rang (CBS Sports) 2017 NFL Draft: Five bold predictions for Day 2.
- Staff (NFL.com) 2017 NFL Draft: Best remaining prospects.
- Eric Edholm (Yahoo! Sports) Best available players for Day 2 of the 2017 NFL draft.
- Brent Sobleski (Bleacher Report) Best players still available for NFL Draft Day 2.
- Dan Wetzel (Yahoo! Sports) Roger Goodell got at least one thing right as commish in his transformation of NFL draft.
- David Lauterbach (The Comeback) Too many NFL Draft prospects attend the NFL Draft.
- Dan McQuade (Deadspin) NFL insists on having draft in front of museum, obscures museum with foam facade. /Weird.
- Extra Mustard (SI) The best and worst suits at the 2017 NFL draft.
- Michael Tunison (Sports on Earth) NFL Draft fashion power rankings.
- Kevin Lynch (SFGate) Joe Montana opines on Tom Brady and Colin Kaepernick. "it’s hard to compare guys (from different eras)" /Should've put this in the dumpster.
- Melissa Jacobs (TheFootballGirl) The 2017 NFL Mock Meat Draft. /Just because.
- Alex Putterman (Awful Announcing) ESPN layoffs reportedly not quite complete; more names could come out.