The New England Patriots entered the 2022 NFL Draft with some clear needs to be addressed on both sides of the ball, so one of the biggest questions heading into the weekend was this: How would they proceed? Turns out that investing high-round selections was the central part of that plan.
A look at their 10 draft selections plus seven reported free agency signings thus far shows how New England opted to bolster overall depth across its roster and at those needs in particular. With that said, let’s take a look at how that happened and what it might mean moving forward.