NFL Draft 2011: What Will New England Patriots Do with Two First Round Picks?

March 29, 2011   ·   Eric Bowman   ·   Jump to comments

Will the Patriots Trade a First Round Pick in the NFL Draft? 
The New England Patriots are known for trading draft picks and doing it well. With three picks in the first 33 of the draft the Patriots are extremely likely to move one of those picks to add more choices in the later rounds. 
With the No. 17 overall pick courtesy of the Oakland Raiders the Patriots are going to take a defender. Pat Kirwan of NFL.com disagrees with me and has the Patriots taking Tyron Smith from USC. That is a possibility, but with so many great defenders available in the first round the Patriots will be upgrading their defensive front. 
Kirwan also has Brandon Harris in the first round and Mark Ingram falling to the last pick in the first round. So yeah, take what you will from that.
Pro Football Weekly's Nolan Nawrocki's mock draft 3.0 has Mark Ingram slipping to the Patriots, which if he is available then lock that one up. However, I think t...

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