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New England Patriots - B (Marco Polo/Mr Flopnuts)
1. OT Jake Long
2. OLB Xavier Abidi
3. OLB Shawn Crable
3. CB Chevis Jackson
4. RB Steve Slaton
5. WR Paul Hubbard
6. LB Lamar Myles
7. WR Marcel Reece
For what it's worth, there isn't much wrong you can do when it comes to drafting for the Patriots. This team has a handful of holes that they could fill in a number of ways, so if there's a userproof team out there when Draft time rolls around, it's New England. If there's a team that can reach for need and get away with it, it's the Patriots.
So while I didn't like their 6th or 7th round picks at all, they can get away with it. While I think Jackson and Abidi are a bit overvalued by New England, they can get away with it. But I don't think you can fault them for taking the #1 highest rated player on the board at least three times their pick was up: Long in the 1st, Crable in the 3rd, and Slaton in the 4th. All three picks were brilliant additions to a very complete team, and with Crable and Abidi coming off the edges the Patriots will probably remain a formidable team.
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