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With the 4th overall pick in the 2025 Bleeding Green Nation community mock draft, New England Patriots GM ReginaldHtower selects ...
Hello to my fellow BGN members! I am ReginaldHtower, the artist formerly known on here as ItownBallers22. I have loved being involved in the Community Mock Draft in the past, and actually nailed my 2021 and 2022 picks (Pat Surtain II to the Broncos, Kaiir Elam to the Bills). With the disaster of actually sending Elam to the Bills, I thought I should use my powers for good instead of hurting more NFL teams. But here I am again, doing what I can to bring some perspective after another Eagles Super Bowl. I hope you enjoy!
This is easily the worst-case scenario for the Patriots. Sitting at #4 with their QB of the future already locked in, and a roster needing some blue-chip talent, the hope on April 24th is that one of Abdul Carter or Travis Hunter are available so the Pats can sprint either name to the podium. In this mock, those two went 1-2 (as they should, but probably won’t this year because Titans/Browns lol) and here we are still needing some talent in Foxborough. Thus, I might as well get an updated insurance policy for the franchise QB by selecting Will Campbell, OT LSU.
Let’s take quick stock of the Pats to understand why I landed on Campbell as the pick: we have a new/old face leading the charge in Vrabel, a GM that had a league-leading $121 million for new toys in Free Agency (and boy did he…miss you already Milton), and a QB that oozes potential but was bogged down by a pedestrian team (and HC) in 2024.
Good news for the Patriots – all 3 of these things work in their favor heading into 2025. Vrabel is a coach who knows winning football, being a part of the first Patriots dynasty in the early 2000s. He did wonders leading an abysmal Titans team (41-24 first 4 years) highlighted by an AFC Championship appearance in 2019. Vrabel is the perfect “leader of men” coaching persona and walks into a young roster in need of molding, something he has proven to be able to do. I think his upbringing in the “Patriot Way” and defensive focus will have the Pats back on track immediately, allowing the focus to shift to the offense as he comes from the Belichick mindset of getting more out of a defense than expected.
Speaking of defense, he sure got a lot of help in that regard from the Pats “other” GM Eliot Wolfe and his free agency spending spree. On that side of the ball alone they acquired Milton Williams (sad tears), Carlton Davis (CB), Harold Landry (DE), Robert Spillane (OLB), Marcus Epps (S), and a few young fliers. That figures to be at least quality 5 starters brought into a defense that is only a year removed from being in the top 10...
