Ladies and gentlemen, it’s draft season.
The unofficial kickoff to the NFL’s offseason just concluded as the 72nd annual Senior Bowl week wrapped up on Saturday. The Senior Bowl provides college football’s top veteran players an opportunity to display their skills and demonstrate their potential value to all 32 NFL teams. It also allowed some assistant coaches to gain reps as the head man. New York Jets tight ends coach Ron Middleton saw his National team prevail over Detroit Lions running backs coach Duce Staley’s American squad 20–10.
The New England Patriots have benefited from Senior Bowl festivities in recent seasons, selecting or signing 12 Senior Bowl alumni over the last three drafts.