FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick is scheduled to hold a pre-draft news conference Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET., and while such addresses are usually short on specifics to protect competitive advantage, it would be consistent with Belichick's past to highlight how different 2018 is from last year with of one of his favorite draft buzzwords: flexibility.
The Patriots have a lot of it.
Because of that, more options are in play for them during the 2018 NFL draft than there were last year, when they weren’t picking until early in the third round as a result of trading their first-rounder (No.