The Patriots are moving up into the middle portion of the second round, with their most recent Super Bowl opponent providing the avenue to do so.
The Rams agreed to deal the No. 45 pick to the Pats. In exchange, the defending NFC champions will receive the Pats’ No. 56 pick and a third-rounder (No. 101). With the pick, New England will choose Vanderbilt cornerback Joejuan Williams.
This marks the Rams’ second trade-down maneuver of this draft. They moved out of their first-round window (No. 31 overall) Thursday night.
New England has continued to enjoy success despite letting cornerbacks walk in free agency. Following the exits of Logan Ryan and Malcolm Butler, the Pats cobbled together another strong secondary to shut down the Rams in Super Bowl LIII. Williams joins a group featuring Stephon Gilmore, Jason McCourty, J.C. Jackson and 2018 second-rounder Duke Dawson.
Why so early? The patriots are pretty deep McCourty ranked out to be the 6th best cb last year I believe. I think there were more obvious needs. But I won’t argue depth at cb, can never hurt against a team will multiple good wr. In B.B. I trust! Here’s to number 7!
salary slash coming somewhere