When New England selected safety Kyle Dugger in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft, the sentiment, among many Patriots fans, was “here we go again” (or maybe some type of obscenity).
The Patriots can’t help themselves from drafting defensive backs in the second round, and it’s gone astonishingly poorly over the last 10 years.
The Patriots have taken cornerbacks Ras-I Dowling, Cyrus Jones, Duke Dawson and Joejuan Williams and safeties Tavon Wilson and Jordan Richards in the second round since 2011. It’s too early to tell on Williams, but otherwise that’s a murderer’s row of regrettable picks.