New England Patriots Draft: Expect New England To Trade One of Its Picks

March 15, 2011   ·   Tony Santorsa   ·   Jump to comments

The New England Patriots are set up to have an amazing draft class this year, as they own three of the top 33 picks for 2011. 
As everyone knows about the very unfortunate possible of a delayed, or even nonexistence of an NFL season for 2011, New England's head coach Bill Belichick might feel obligated to trade of those picks. 
Not only with the risk of a lockout, money is major factor of likely trading out of one of their top three picks. 
One of the popular topics looming around the NFL and NFLPA is a possible salary cap or scale being placed on NFL rookies—they're getting way too much guaranteed money. 
Across the league, Belichick and the New England Patriots are well known for their financial philosophies and outlooks on player's contracts. Some might say New England is "stingy" or that they're just smart. 
New England have 17th, 28th, and 33rd overall in this year's draft.
Notably, No. 17 is rather high, ...

Read Complete Article at Bleacher Report - NFL
Article is property of BleacherReport.com