Some positions just don’t tend to get paid a lot of attention on draft day. The selection of specialists, fullbacks, and core special teams players is typically saved for the seventh round, if not skipped over completely and taken care of through undrafted free agency. Someone just forgot to tell Bill Belichick that.
Belichick has selected plenty of players at those positions in Rounds Four, Five, and Six. Some (Jake Bailey, Joe Cardona, Nate Ebner, Matthew Slater, Patrick Pass, and Stephen Gostkowski) have worked tremendously, some others (Justin Rohrwasser) have not. So with all of the success stories and knowing Belichick will be looking to hit on another, who could be the New England Patriots’ next Day Three reach?