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04-24-2008, 08:00 AM
McSHAY'S SEVEN-ROUND MOCK: Todd McShay of Scouts Inc., takes the bold step of attempting to predict all seven rounds of the NFL Draft. Here is the link to McShay's extensive work (subscription required (http://insider.espn.go.com/nfl/draft08/insider/columns/story?columnist=mcshay_todd&page=mcshaymock0423&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fnfl %2fdraft08%2finsider%2fcolumns%2fstory%3fcolumnist %3dmcshay_todd%26page%3dmcshaymock0423)), and a list of the Patriots' eight picks:
1) LB Keith Rivers (USC)
2) CB Reggie Smith (Oklahoma)
3a) OT/OG Oneil Cousins (UTEP)
3b) OLB Bruce Davis (USC)
4) OT Tony Hills (Texas)
5) TE Kellen Davis (Michigan State)
6) OG Robert Felton (Arkansas)
7) OLB Larry Grant (Ohio State)
THE NEXT NICK KACZUR?: The Toledo Blade (http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080424/SPORTS11/804240376/-1/SPORTS) profiles Toledo offensive lineman John Greco, who some are comparing to Patriots OT Nick Kaczur. "I'm often compared to him," Greco said of Kaczur, who played at Toledo. "It seems like that's how it's been since I got here. It's not a bad name to be mentioned with."
MORE ON PATS-JETS DYNAMIC: Don Banks of SI.com writes on numerous topics "Inside the NFL", (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/don_banks/04/23/snaps/index.html?eref=T1)one of which is the dynamic of the Jets picking at No. 6 and the Patriots at No. 7. Banks writes that the Jets "are calibrating every move with the Patriots in mind."


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