Patriots Roster Commentary

 Here's how it plays out if the seeding remains as is: WILDCARD AFC Texans 20 @ Patriots 23 Bills 38 @ Jaguars 35 Chargers 23 @ Steelers 16 NFC Packers 23 @ Bears 27 Rams 30  @ Eagles 20 49ers 34 @ Panthers 19 DIVISIONAL AFC Bills 24 @ Broncos 23 Chargers 24 @ Patriots 27 NFC Rams 24 @ Seahawks 17 49ers 27 @ Bears 20 CONFERENCE CHAMPS AFC Bills 38 @ Patriots 24 NFC Rams 30 @ 49ers 20 SUPER BOWL Rams 38 , Bills 31

 

  1 NYJ (NYG)* Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana 2 LV Dante Moore, QB, Oregon 3 CLE Spencer Fano, T, Utah 4 NYG (NYJ)* Francis Mauigoa, T, Miami 5 TEN Arvell Reese, EDGE, Ohio State 6 ARI David Bailey, EDGE, Texas Tech 7 WAS Caleb Downs, S, Ohio State 8 NO Peter Woods, DL, Clemson 9 CIN Keldrick Faulk, EDGE, Auburn 10 MIA Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU 11 LAR (ATL) Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame 12 KC Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State 13 DAL A'Mauri Washington, DL, Oregon 14 BAL Jordyn Tyson, WR, Arizona State 15 MIN Kayden McDonald, DL, Ohio State 16 TB Rueben Bain, EDGE, Miami 17 DET Sonny Styles, LB, Ohio State 18 NYG (NYJ /IND)* Jermod McCoy, CB, Tennessee 19 CAR Vega Ioane, G, Penn State 20 PIT TJ Parker, EDGE, Clemson 21 DAL (GB) CJ Allen, LB, Georgia 22 PHI Aveion Terrell, CB, Clemson 23 HOU Emmanual Pregnon, G, Oregon 24 BUF Makai Lemon, WR, USC 25 LAC Cashius Howell, EDGE, Texas A&M 26 SF Denzel Boston, WR, Washington 27 CLE (JAX) Chris Bell, WR, Louisville 28 LAR Caleb Lomu, T, Utah ...

 Based on Tankathon.com draft order 1 Jets (NYG)* Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana 2 Raiders Dante Moore, QB, Oregon 3 Titans Arvell Reese, LB, Ohio State 4 Browns Spencer Fano, T, Utah 5 Gaints (NYJ)* Francis Mauigoa, T, Miami 6 Cardinals Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State 7 Saints Jordyn Tyson, WR Arizona St 8 Commanders Keldrik Faulk, EDGE, Auburn 9 Bengals Caleb Downs, DB, Ohio State 10 Rams (ATL) Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame 11 Dolphins Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU 12 Chiefs Peter Woods, DL, Clemson 13 Vikings A'Mauri Washington, DL, Oregon 14 Cowboys David Bailey, EDGE, Texas Tech 15 Ravens Kadyn Proctor, T, Alabama 16 Panthers Vega Ioane, G, Penn State 17 Lions Sonny Styles, LB, Ohio State 18 Gaints (NYJ/IND)* Makai Lemon, WR, USC 19 Buccaneers CJ Allen, LB, Georgia 20 Steelers Rueben Bain, EDGE, Miami 21 Eagles Jermod McCoy, CB, Tennessee 22 Texans Kayden McDonald, DL, Ohio State 23 Cowboys (GB) Caleb Banks, DL, Florida 24 Bills Denzel Boston, WR, Washington 25 Bears Avieon Terrell, CB...

 

 Based on tankathon.com draft order 1 Jets (NYG)* Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana 2 Raiders Dante Moore, QB, Oregon 3 Titans Arvell Reese, LB, Ohio State 4 Browns Spencer Fano, T, Utah 5 Saints Rueben Bain, EDGE, Miami 6 Commanders Keldrik Faulk, EDGE, Auburn 7 Giants (NYJ)* Francis Mauigoa, T, Miami 8 Cardinals Jordyn Tyson, WR Arizona St 9 Rams (ATL) Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State 10 Bengals Caleb Downs, DB, Ohio State 11 Vikings Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame 12 Dolphins Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU 13 Ravens Peter Woods, DL, Clemson 14 Chiefs Jermod McCoy, CB, Tennessee 15 Cowboys David Bailey, EDGE, Texas Tech 16 Panthers Vega Ioane, G, Penn State 17 Lions Sonny Styles, LB, Ohio State 18 Giants (NYJ/IND)* Kayden McDonald, DL, Ohio State 19 Buccaneers Cashius Howell, EDGE, Texas A&M 20 Steelers TJ Parker, EDGE, Clemson 21 Eagles Kadyn Proctor, T, Alabama 22 Texans Avieon Terrell, CB, Clemson 23 Bears Brandon Cisse, CB, South Carolina 24 Bills Makai Lemon, WR, USC 25 Chargers Kenyon ...

  Urgent Needs DE/EDGE Harold Landry and K'Lavon Chaisson have been good, not great. Chaisson is a free agent. Will they bring him back? Even if yes, they still need more speed off the edge. I see them making an offer to Jaelan Phillips in free agency. S Only Craig Woodson, Dell Pettus, and Brendan Schooler are under contract for 2026. I expect the team to try to re-sign Jaylinn Hawkins and address the position in the draft. LG I designate this a high need because I assume the team wants to move Jared Wilson to C, which might not be true. If they want to keep Wilson at LG, I believe they will target C on day 2 of the draft. They could pursue Joel Bitonio in free agency and then use draft picks at other positions. Medium Needs TE Austin Hooper is a free agent. They need to bring him back and/or draft a TE. In this case, I prefer they use the draft and get youth at the position. G Depth I expect them to fill this need by tendering Ben Brown. DT Please re-sign Khiyiris Tonga. LB Jack ...

 Based on tankathon.com order 1 Raiders (TEN)* Fernando Mendoza, QB, Indiana 2 Giants Spencer Fano, T, Utah 3 Saints Ty Simpson, QB, Alabama 4 Titans (LV)* Arvell Reese, LB, Ohio State 5 Browns Jordyn Tyson, WR Arizona St 6 Commanders Rueben Bain, EDGE, Miami 7 Jets Caleb Downs, DB, Ohio State 8 Cardinals Keldrik Faulk, EDGE, Auburn 9 Rams (ATL) Francis Mauigoa, T, Miami 10 Bengals Peter Woods, DL, Clemson 11 Vikings Jeremiyah Love, RB, Notre Dame 12 Dolphins Mansoor Delane, CB, LSU 13 Chiefs Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State 14 Steelers David Bailey, EDGE, Texas Tech 15 Panthers Makai Lemon, WR, USC 16 Cowboys Jermod McCoy, CB, Tennessee 17 Lions Avieon Terrell, CB, Clemson 18 Texans Vega Ioane, G, Penn State 19 Ravens Kadyn Proctor, T, Alabama 20 Buccaneers Sonny Styles, LB, Ohio State 21 Bills Denzel Boston, WR, Washington 22 Eagles Kenyon Sadiq, TE, Oregon 23 Jets (IND) Chris Bell, WR, Louisville 24 49ers Brandon Cisse, CB, South Carolina 25 Chargers TJ Parker, EDGE, Clemson 26 Brow...