Signing the likes of Milton Williams and Khyiris Tonga as free agents, and keeping Jeremiah Pharms Jr. on a two-year contract extension, the New England Patriots invested heavily in their defensive tackle rotation this offseason. Those three plus Christian Barmore and Keion White form the core of the position, and a pretty solid one at that.
On paper, the need to spend high-end draft resources to add to the group is miniscule. That does not mean the Patriots won’t consider the top interior defensive lineman available once they are on the clock at No. 4 overall.