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Patriots Mailbag: With the Draft Days Away, What Will the Pats Do in the First Round?

After months of speculation about the Patriots most highly anticipated NFL draft in decades, it's finally draft week. We've made it.

Patriots personnel chief Eliot Wolf will make the final decision on the draft pick for New England. Last week, Wolf held a pre-draft press conference with a clear message: the Patriots are "open for business" in the trade market as a draft and develop team where "the more picks we have, the better." On the surface, that sounds like trading down from the third overall pick is on the table.

However, my belief is that it's more complicated than receiving a king's ransom to move the Pats off their original draft slot, so here's what I think I think about the Patriots at No.