Entering the 2022 NFL Draft, almost every draft pundit and analyst felt linebacker was a major need for the Patriots, predicting them to select one in the early rounds.
New England felt differently.
Not only did the Patriots not select a linebacker in the early rounds, which almost every mock draft predicted they would, but they also didn’t draft a linebacker at all over the weekend.
And it wasn’t like the Patriots didn’t have a chance to draft one of the top linebackers, either. When they were on the clock with the No. 21 overall pick, not a single linebacker had been selected.