FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- What might the New England Patriots be looking for at the cornerback position in the 2018 NFL draft?
Need rating: Eighth
What's missing? A clean bill of health for depth players Jonathan Jones (ankle/foot in January) and Cyrus Jones (torn ACL last August), and with Rowe and McCourty entering the final year of their contracts in 2018, a high-upside cornerback who is signed for multiple years into the future.
2018 draft class primer: With Alabama’s Minkah Fitzpatrick falling into the “all-around defensive back” category, the corner class starts with Ohio State’s Denzel Ward, and media analysts project as many as four corners to go in the first round.