The Patriots have not addressed the issues on defense as of yet and won't get anyone that can really make an impact. We now have 4 RB's and 4 TE's and mostly offense was looked at for some odd reason.
They got some good players so if you grade it so far on that then they did very well but if you grade it on the impact these guys will have then you have to give them a C or a D. Mallett, Smith, Cannon most likely won't play. Ridley and/or Verneen won't see a whole lot of time and that leaves you with Solder and Dowling. Solder will be a back up most likely and Dowling might, might be a nickel corner cause I think he'll be behind Butler on the depth chart.
This was potentially a great draft for the future, future being 2-3 years from now but was completely horrible for now, so far. 25th ranked defense and our coach is apparently a defense minded coach... I would argue that he is an offensive minded coach now. We'll see who they can get in the 6th or 7th round but I do think it should be defense but with the way things are going they will draft a WR and a new cheerleader.
I'll say this to add. I agree with Reiss (espnboston guy) when he wrote that when they chose Dowling they really thought that Brooks Reed or that other guy would still be on the board when they picked next and then they were drafted shortly after that. I think the same happened when they traded back from 28 and thought Heyward or Wilkerson would be still available at 33 and weren't. I think he gambled and lost twice.
