Jones Now The One To Lead Patriots Into a New Era
Bob George
The suspense is finally over.
The Patriots were going to trade up. They were going to make a run at one of the top five quarterbacks in the 2021 NFL Draft in Cleveland. Then there were rumours that Bill Belichick would trade down, as sources had the Patriots working on a deal to help bring Jimmy Garoppolo back to Foxborough. Maybe the Patriots spend the 15th pick on something other than a quarterback, perhaps Belichick and Josh McDaniels didn’t like any of the potentially available quarterbacks and would try to pry Garoppolo from the San Francisco 49ers.
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Former NFL Executive of the Year and longtime general manager Thomas Dimitroff returns to tell Brian Billick and Michael Robinson about the lengths he d go to keep the draft rumors from flying (1:45). Thomas then dives into the beginning of his NFL journey, from Canada, to the World League, to Japan, to the Cleveland Browns grounds crew (4:18), and breaks down the decision to pursue a GM career instead of coaching (7:40). MRob asks about Dimitroff s time with Bill Belichick and the lessons learned… including how to be honest when being honest might me difficult (10:12). Billick asks what it was like becoming the GM for a Falcons organization in disarray (14:45), and Dimitroff goes into detail including his relationship with head coach Mike Smith. MRob asks the hard question… how did Thomas handle the Super Bowl LI loss to the New England Patriots (18:02), Dimitroff handles the question with honesty and grace.
by Apr 27, 2021
This is it. No more hmming and hawing about what each team might do. It’s time to make my final predictions for what I believe each team will do in the 2021 NFL Draft.
This is not a mock draft on what I would do; I want to be very clear on that. This is a compilation of what I’ve learned over the last few months, whether it be scouting prospects, listening to insiders, paying attention to the meetings that teams have had with prospects, and team needs.
No matter what happens, it’s an exciting time to be a football fan. If you’d like to join us during the first round of the NFL Draft, us here at FantasyPros are going to be LIVE during the entirety of the first round, giving our instant reactions to each pick from a team-building standpoint, as well as from a fantasy perspective. To watch live for free, click here.
Only this time, it’s not Pete Carroll chomping on gum and battling a racing mind while trying to figure out just what to do. It’s Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch and the San Francisco 49ers.
It’s wild. The Niners should be dealing from a complete position of strength right now. But they’ve also backed themselves into a corner. They have the third overall pick and gave up a crap-ton to get it. They’ll get their quarterback of the future.
But they also have to deal with delicately extracting their former quarterback of the future, Jimmy Garoppolo, from their roster. And who needs a quarterback and can come close to affording Jimmy? The Patriots.
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