In his first mock draft, Mel Kiper had the Patriots targeting a stud cornerback. He shifted gears a month later, predicting New England to select one of this year’s top receiver prospects with the No. 14 pick.
Well, for his third mock draft, Kiper went back to his original line of thinking. With the Patriots recently adding receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and tight end Mike Gesicki, ESPN’s NFL draft expert once again believes Bill Belichick and company will target an elite cornerback: Penn State product Joey Porter Jr.
“The Patriots no longer have to draft a receiver here,” Kiper wrote in a story published Tuesday morning.