A quick turnaround from Super Bowl LX to the NFL offseason has the New England Patriot arriving in Indianapolis this week for the Scouting Combine. The Patriots enter the first big event of the NFL offseason in quite a different position than the previous two years as they are scheduled to pick 31st overall, instead of in the top-five, in this year\u2019s draft.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the top players and storylines to watch throughout the week for the Patriots.<\/p>\n
As they did last year, executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf and head coach Mike Vrabel are set to address the meeting. Wolf will lead things off at 10 a.m. on Tuesday while Vrabel, who\u2019s last press conference of the year came on locker clean-out day two days after the Super Bowl, will hold court Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n
Beyond potential draft and free agent storylines some of top potential questions to the men in charge could include the offense\u2019s playoff falloff, Christian Gonzalez\u2019s potential extension, and Jared Wilson\u2019s future on the offensive line among other topics.<\/p>\n
Much of the attention during the week is focused on the prospects\u2019 on-field measurements and workouts. But with nearly the entire football landscape gathered in one city, it\u2019s a key week to kickstart markets of both upcoming free agents and trade targets.<\/p>\n
In Indianapolis, will the Colts actually let wide receiver Alec Pierce test the open market? Or will Las Vegas\u2019 Maxx Crosby, Philadelphia\u2019s A.J. Brown, or any other impact name truly hit the trade block? Dallas\u2019 George Pickens and Atlanta\u2019s Kyle Pitts already received the franchise tag on Monday, now the wait for the next domino begins.<\/p>\n
As the Patriots will look to continue to upgrade the supporting cast around Drake Maye this offseason, pick No. 31 could go towards a wide receiver if an impact player does not become available\/acquired prior to the draft. In another deep wide receiver class, Ohio State\u2019s Carnell Tate, USC\u2019s Makai Lemon, and Arizona State\u2019s Jordyn Tyson (assuming his medicals check out this week) will be long gone by New England\u2019s pick.<\/p>\n
Three receivers in the following tier \u2014 Washington\u2019s Denzel Boston, Texas A&M\u2019s KC Concepcion, and Indiana\u2019s Omar Cooper Jr. \u2014 could begin to separate themselves with their performance this week. Specifically watching how Boston, a big-bodied receiver at 6-foot-4, tests athletically could be atop New England\u2019s watch list.<\/p>\n
Other prospects to monitor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A quick turnaround from Super Bowl LX to the NFL offseason has the New England Patriot arriving in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,52640,727,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-773284","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-new-england","10":"tag-new-england-patriots","11":"tag-new-england-patriots-analysis","12":"tag-new-england-patriots-draft","13":"tag-newengland","14":"tag-newenglandpatriots","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}