Alex Barth

1 week ago | 985thesportshub.com | Alex Barth

We’ve got one last top on our 2025 NFL Draft positional preview – special teams. We’ll take a look at the kickers, punters, and long snappers in this year’s class. For the New England Patriots, kickers should be the primary focus. Special teams coordinator Jeremy Springer said earlier this month that the team plans on bringing in another kicker to compete with John Parker Romo for the starting job, and suggested that kicker could be a rookie (as opposed to tapping into the thin veteran market).

1 week ago | 985thesportshub.com | Alex Barth

AUSTIN, TEXAS – OCTOBER 19: Jalon Walker #11 of the Georgia Bulldogs celebrates after making a sack during the second quarter against the Texas Longhorns at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on October 19, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)Tim Warner/Getty ImagesOn Wednesday the Felger & Mazz Big Board continued picking players for the defensive side of the ball. This time, the guys threw for linebackers.

1 week ago | 985thesportshub.com | Alex Barth

The Felger & Mazz Big Board made the move over to the defensive side of the ball on Tuesday. For the second day the guys threw markers for defensive linemen - three for tackles and three for ends. So far this offseason the Patriots have made significant changes along their defensive line - both in terms of incoming and outgoing players. Of the defensive linemen that played at least 35% of the team's snaps last year, only two - Keion White and Jeremiah Pharms - are still on the roster.

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Home/UncategorizedUncategorizedMike Vrabel shared his views on the tackles in the 2025 NFL Draft at the New England Patriots’ pre-draft press conference. Alex BarthUpdated Apr 15, 2025 6:40 PM EDTFOXBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS – JANUARY 13: Mike Vrabel speaks as he is introduced as head coach of the New England Patriots during a press conference at Gillette Stadium on January 13, 2025 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

1 week ago | 985thesportshub.com | Alex Barth

It's the final full week before the 2025 NFL Draft, and with that our positional preview series is starting to wrap up. Our penultimate post takes a look at this year's safety class. Safety is an underrated need for the Patriots in 2025. While Kyle Dugger and Jabrill Peppers are both set to return in 2025, both are box safeties. Since Devin McCourty's retirement after the 2022 season, the team has lacked a true deep safety.