{"id":874073,"date":"2026-04-25T03:51:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/874073\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T03:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:51:23","slug":"nfl-draft-day-2-recap-patriots-add-gabe-jacas-eli-raridon-after-trade-nbc-sports-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/874073\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL Draft Day 2 recap: Patriots add Gabe Jacas, Eli Raridon after trade \u2013 NBC Sports Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New England Patriots haven&#8217;t been shy about moving around the board in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>After trading up from No. 31 to No. 28 to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/2026-nfl-draft-grade-caleb-lomu-first-round\/784057\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/2026-nfl-draft-grade-caleb-lomu-first-round\/784057\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">select Utah offensive tackle Caleb Lomu in Round 1<\/a>, the Patriots made another deal on Day 2, jumping from No. 63 to No. 55 to take Illinois edge defender Gabe Jacas in the second round.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Vrabel, Eliot Wolf and Co. finally used their own pick in the third round, landing Notre Dame tight end Eli Raridon at No. 95 overall.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the scoop on Jacas and Raridon, and how are the Patriots positioned entering Day 3 as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/patriots-coach-mike-vrabel-will-miss-part-of-nfl-draft-to-seek-counseling-report\/783655\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsportsboston.com\/nfl\/new-england-patriots\/patriots-coach-mike-vrabel-will-miss-part-of-nfl-draft-to-seek-counseling-report\/783655\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Vrabel prepares to step away from the team<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Below is our full recap of Day 2 of the NFL Draft, with pick analysis and more:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New England Patriots haven&#8217;t been shy about moving around the board in the 2026 NFL Draft. After&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":874074,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2050],"tags":[4955,7724,7,23926,1167,249,2326,2094,6,208],"class_list":{"0":"post-874073","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-england-patriots","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-caleb-lomu","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-gabe-jacas","12":"tag-new-england","13":"tag-new-england-patriots","14":"tag-newengland","15":"tag-newenglandpatriots","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-patriots"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116463316745276553","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874073","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=874073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/874073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/874074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=874073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=874073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=874073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}