NFL Draft 2011: New England Patriots Team Draft Retrospective

April 24, 2011   ·   Tameem Hasan   ·   Jump to comments

This article is part of a series that looks at each NFL team’s recent draft history with the hope of extracting information about the way they think and the players they value.
The analysis is limited to the past five drafts in the interest of relevance, and the first three rounds because that’s where most impact players are taken.
This entry will focus on the New England Patriots.
 
Draft History
In the past five years, the Patriots have taken the following players in the early rounds. Their positions and the rounds in which they were drafted are listed next to their names.
2006:   Laurence Maroney, RB (1)
            Chad Jackson, WR (2)
            David Thomas, TE (3)
2007:   Brandon Meriweather, S (1)
2008:   Jerod Mayo, LB (1)
        &n...

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