New England Patriots 2022 NFL Mock Draft Roundup 2.0

Throughout the year and leading up to the 2022 NFL Draft, we will update our New England Patriots Mock Draft Roundup showing picks for the New England Patriots from several prominent sites and draft analysts.

The following are picks in recent mock drafts for the Patriots:

CBS Sports - Edwards (11/25)

26. Nakobe Dean, LB, Georgia

New England has leaned into its identity as a physical team that is just going to blow up zone blocking schemes. Dean is a missile that will eliminate the pullers from the equation.

NBC Sports Chicago - Morgan (11/24)

26. Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas

Burks is a good sized target who moves with surprising agility for a man his size (6-3, 232 lbs). The fluidity of his hip movements improves separation from defenders when pivoting and cutting on combo pass routes. Burks uses his frame to shield defensive backs from the ball when they challenge him on contested passes. The Patriots' rookie quarterback, Mac Jones is having an outstanding season so far, imagine how much better he'll become with the addition of Burks.

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2021 NFL Power Rankings: New England Patriots

Throughout the 2021 NFL season, we will compile a consensus NFL Power Rankings that averages the rankings of all 32 NFL teams.

Here is where the New England Patriots rank in terms of average, best and worst:

Average ranking: 8.6 (8th)
Best ranking: 8 (Multiple)
Worst ranking: 10 (The Athletic)

Below you will find a Week 18 roundup for the Patriots in our consensus 2021 NFL Power Rankings.

ESPN -- Rank: 9

New Year's resolution: Stop asking Bill Belichick about resolutions

After the team's Week 16 home loss to the Bills, Belichick was asked if he had any resolutions. That predictably didn't go too well. Then he was asked a follow-up on videoconference six days later and he said, "Those would all be personal anyway, so they probably wouldn't mean much to you anyway." -- Mike Reiss

NFL.com -- Rank: 8

The Patriots have been dropping unholy late-season 50-burgers on bad teams for years now, but there's something to be said for their ability to continue this party trick even with Tom Brady playing his home games 1,300 miles away from Foxborough. Mac Jones threw three touchdown passes in a 50-10 win over the Jaguars that clinched a playoff spot and kept New England in the running for a division title with one week to play. No matter how the AFC East shakes out, a grudge match between the Pats and Bills feels inevitable. We plan to watch this game.

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New England Patriots: 2021 NFL Schedule

Below you will find the weekly NFL regular-season schedule for the Patriots in 2021.

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Week	Date	Opponent	Results
Week 1	Sun., Sept. 12	vs. Miami Dolphins	L 16-17
Week 2	Sun., Sept. 19	at New York Jets	W 25-6
Week 3	Sun., Sept. 26	vs. New Orleans Saints	L 13-28
Week 4	Sun., Oct. 3	vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 17-19
Week 5	Sun., Oct. 10	at Houston Texans	W 25-22
Week 6	Sun., Oct. 17	vs. Dallas Cowboys	L 29-35 (OT)
Week 7	Sun., Oct. 24	vs. New York Jets	W 54-13
Week 8	Sun., Oct. 31	at Los Angeles Chargers	W 27-24
Week 9	Sun., Nov. 7	at Carolina Panthers	W 24-6
Week 10	Sun., Nov. 14	vs. Cleveland Browns	W 45-7
Week 11	Thu., Nov. 18	at Atlanta Falcons	W 25-0
Week 12	Sun., Nov. 28	vs. Tennessee Titans	W 36-13
Week 13	Mon., Dec. 6	at Buffalo Bills	W 14-10
Week 14		BYE
Week 15	Sat., Dec. 18	at Indianapolis Colts	L 17-27
Week 16	Sun., Dec. 26	vs. Buffalo Bills	L 21-33
Week 17	Sun., Jan. 2	vs. Jacksonville Jaguars	W 50-10
Week 18	Sun., Jan. 9	at Miami Dolphins	L 24-33

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New England Patriots - 2021 Draft Results

The table below are all of the 2021 NFL Draft picks selected by the New England Patriots.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	School
1	15	Mac Jones	QB	Alabama
2	38	Christian Barmore	DT	Alabama
3	96	Ronnie Perkins	EDGE	Oklahoma
4	120	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	Oklahoma
5	177	Cameron McGrone	LB	Michigan
6	188	Joshuah Bledsoe	S	Missouri
6	197	Will Sherman	OT	Colorado
7	242	Tre Nixon	WR	UCF

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