The consensus on the 2025 NFL Draft class is that there are two “blue chip” prospects in Penn State edge rusher Abdul Carter and Colorado vast receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter.
And it is attainable the New England Patriots can have the prospect to take considered one of them at No. 4 total.
That is what our Patriots Insider Phil Perry is listening to after talking to evaluators and others across the league on the NFL Scouting Mix in Indianapolis. Throughout a new Next Pats Podcast on Wednesday, Perry relayed what he is been informed in regards to the prime of the draft, and the way Hunter particularly might be obtainable to the Patriots at No. 4 if the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants take quarterbacks with the second and third picks, respectively.
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“There are a selection of various evaluators right here who really feel as if there’s a very actual likelihood that Travis Hunter makes all of it the best way to the Patriots at choose No. 4, their considering being there’s a actual likelihood that the NFL likes Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders sufficient — the Browns and the Giants particularly would love these two quarterbacks sufficient — to take them inside the highest three,” Perry mentioned.
“If Abdul Carter goes No. 1 total to the Tennessee Titans, then ipso facto, you get the Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter falling to the New England Patriots. … Folks imagine there’s a very actual likelihood that (Hunter) may make it to the New England Patriots.”
Ward has been considered as a lock to go someplace inside the highest three, whereas Sanders’ inventory hasn’t been as excessive. However the Browns and Giants each desperately want QB assist, so if Ward goes Cleveland at No. 2, it is not exhausting to think about New York speaking itself into Sanders at No. 3.
The query then would change into whether or not the Patriots ought to take Hunter — who has expressed a need to play each receiver and cornerback on the NFL stage — at No. 4, or beef up their offensive line by drafting, say, LSU offensive tackle Will Campbell.
Perry believes there’s merit to New England taking Hunter and having him bolster the receiver room.
“The love for him on the vast receiver place whenever you speak to offensive coaches is off the charts,” Perry mentioned. “From the folks I’ve spoken to — which would come with one AFC receivers coach — he is one of the best receiver on this yr’s draft and he has legit ‘No. 1 receiver within the NFL’ form of upside.
“The comparability that was given to me was (Eagles receiver) DeVonta Smith, due to the ball expertise. The palms are so great. The monitoring is out of this world. If it is in his space, he has this unbelievable skill and these unbelievable instincts to only make it possible for he’s the one to go and get it.
“And picture what he may be capable to do if he targeted on that place much more than he was capable of on the school stage as a result of he is taking part in each side of the ball? All types of affection for Travis Hunter.”
One other attention-grabbing growth to trace is the well being of Carter, who has a stress reaction in his right foot however has determined in opposition to surgical procedure, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. If that provides a group just like the Titans pause, perhaps Carter drops to the Patriots at No. 4 whereas Hunter goes inside the highest three. Both manner, each Ward and Sanders being taken inside the first three picks could be an excellent growth for New England.
Additionally on this episode:
- Response to Eliot Wolf’s press convention
- Why did it not work with Ja’Lynn Polk final season?
- Dane Brugler’s finest blue-collar ballers
- Brugler’s Day 2 WRs who might be matches for the Patriots
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