New England Patriots links 4/12/24 – Pats plan to unleash the defense in 2024

Daily news and links for Friday

TEAM TALK

• Patriots 2024 Mock Draft Tracker.
• Evan Lazar’s Film Review: Analyzing Jayden Daniels’s fit with the Patriots. Plus video breakdown. (4 min)
• Press Conferences: DT Armon Watts – LB Sione Takitaki.
• Pats From The Past: QB Brian Hoyer. (50 min. video)
• Patriots Unfiltered: Veteran jersey numbers, updated mocks and best draft fits. (2 hours)
• Patriots Catch-22: Defensive positional draft rankings, Maye/Daniels film review, recent mock drafts. (2 hours)

LOCAL LINKS

• Doug Kyed tells us Patriots coaches have stressed to emphasize a more aggressive defense in 2024.
• Bernd Buchmasser writes how the Patriots defense has two concrete goals for 2024, according to free agency addition Armon Watts.
• Alex Barth’s Patriots draft preview 2024: Cornerbacks.
• Taylor Kyles’ Patriots 2024 Draft Prospect Tracker: Premier interior rusher to visit New England for 30 visit.
• Jordy McElroy (PatriotsWire) 5 monster draft trade packages for Patriots’ No. 3 pick.
• Mike D’Abate highlights LB Sione Takitaki who is happy to be in New England. “I’m looking forward to working with [Jerod] Mayo, [Dont’a] Hightower, DeMarcus [Covington] … and I’m going to make some plays for you guys.”
• Doug Kyed notes LB Sione Takitaki reveals Dont’a Hightower’s style as first-year coach.
• Mike D’Abate passes along some details from Kyle Dugger’s new contract that will give him $32.5M guaranteed.
• Sara Marshall notes the Patriots erased another reminder of Bill Belichick from Gillette Stadium, removing all of the “Do Your Job” signs and posters.
• Chris Mason’s Patriots mailbag: Why Drake Maye over Marvin Harrison Jr.?
• Richie Whitt notes Ty Law recently explained that the credit for the creation and implementation of the famed “Patriot Way” goes to the players.
• Mark Daniels posts his 7-round Patriots mock draft. Pats trade down from No. 3, pick QB J.J. McCarthy at No. 6.

NATIONAL NEWS

• John Keim (ESPN) Who will Commanders take at No. 2? Coaches, analysts dish on Daniels, Maye, McCarthy.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye among 13 players to attend 2024 NFL draft.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) NFL didn’t project Bo Nix, Michael Penix Jr. among top 15 to 20 selections.
• Matt Verderame (SI) NFL Draft: Ranking the best and worst teams at picking players. Patriots 23rd (last year 9th).
• Matt Harmon (Yahoo! Sports) 2024 NFL Draft: How every team should tackle the WR position.
• Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz (USA Today) Top 50 players in the 2024 draft.
• Lauren Gray (PFF) Five players who could be surprise first-round picks.
• Gennaro Filice (NFL.com) 2024 NFL mock draft 2.0: Pats pick LSU QB Jayden Daniels at No. 3.
• Jeff Kerr (CBS Sports) 2024 NFL Mock Draft. Pats pick North Carolina QB Drake Maye at No. 3.
• Mike Florio (ProFootballTalk) Teams should hire Bill Belichick to give them his thoughts on the new kickoff rule.
• Michael David Smith (ProFootballTalk) Tom Brady open to a comeback, if a contender lost its QB late in the season