{"id":873877,"date":"2026-04-24T22:42:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/873877\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T22:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T22:42:17","slug":"patriots-predicted-to-draft-6-foot-6-23-3-sack-pass-rusher-to-replace-klavon-chaisson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/873877\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriots Predicted To Draft 6-Foot-6, 23.3-Sack Pass Rusher To Replace K’Lavon Chaisson"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the biggest needs for the Patriots<\/a> heading into the 2026 NFL Draft was a pass rusher, but New England didn’t address that gap in the first round. Instead, it opted to take Utah offensive tackle Caleb Lomu with the 28th pick.<\/p>\n

New England may look to address its pass-rushing needs with its second pick at No. 63. Jacob Camenker of USA Today predicted that the<\/a> Patriots will select Dani Dennis-Sutton, a pass rusher from Penn State, with that choice.<\/p>\n

“The Patriots had just 35 sacks during the 2025 NFL season, tied for seventh-fewest in the league, and lost one of their top sack artists, K’Lavon Chaisson, in free agency,” Camenker wrote on Friday.<\/p>\n

“Dennis-Sutton is a thickly-built edge setter who should be a solid run defender from the jump. The 6-6, 256-pound edge rusher has the tools needed to continue growing as a pass rusher after logging 8.5 sacks in each of his final two seasons at Penn State.”<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old pass rusher had a standout four-season career at Penn State, where he recorded 127 combined tackles, 34.5 tackles for loss and 23.5 sacks over 55 games.<\/p>\n

Before the season began, many draft experts believed that Dennis-Sutton could be a first-round pick. However, Penn State had an underwhelming season, with several players underperforming. This could be a reason why his draft stock took a hit.<\/p>\n

More NFL: Patriots Reveal Surprising Detail About Drafting Caleb Lomu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of the biggest needs for the Patriots heading into the 2026 NFL Draft was a pass rusher,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":873878,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[7,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-873877","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-newengland","12":"tag-newenglandpatriots","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116462101701924378","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873877","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=873877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/873877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/873878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=873877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=873877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}