The consensus around what draftniks think the Patriots will do when they’re on the clock with the No. 21 overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft seems set: either they’re taking a receiver or they’re upgrading their back-seven on defense.
ESPN’s Todd McShay believes they’ll pick the latter route in his latest first-round mock draft, opting to boost the speed and athleticism of a secondary in dire need of depth and future starters.
But rather than grabbing Clemson’s Andrew Booth Jr. for the Patriots as his ESPN colleague Jordan Reid did, McShay thinks Bill Belichick will go with a more intriguing choice: Kyler Gordon, a 6-foot-tall, 200-pound cornerback out of Washington.