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2023 NFL Draft takeaways: Patriots clearly were underwhelmed by late-round talent

Curran: Patriots' draft suggests they didn't love late-round talent originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston

When I heard Bill Belichick told his Shrine Bowl team in January that, "I haven't seen one single player here that could beat out the worst player on our team. You're terrible, you don't belong here, and you better get out there and show us something or you're never gonna make the NFL…" I assumed what you assumed. He’s just trying to get the kids amped up. Create some urgency.

Now, I’m not so sure.