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The Patriots' selection of Ohio State defensive back Nate Ebner in the sixth round (197th overall) has similarities to when the team drafted Matthew Slater in the fifth round of the 2008 draft. Like Slater, the 6-foot-1, 205-pound Ebner makes his ...

Today's reported trade that sends Bengals linebacker Keith Rivers to the Giants for a 2012 fifth-round draft choice reinforces the Patriots' hit with Jerod Mayo in the 2008 draft. Rivers was the ninth pick in that same '08 draft. Mayo was selected...

FROM FOXBOROUGH TO SAN DIEGO - The Patriots visit the Chargers on Sunday and on this travel day - scheduled arrival in San Diego is around 6 p.m. EDT -- it seemed topical to revisit a recent trade between the teams. In the 2008 draft, the Patriots...

Mike Sando, who covers the NFC West for ESPN.com, produces a chart on his blog that has a strong Patriots connection. Sando writes on how the Seahawks' and 49ers' draft classes from 2008 have taken a hit in recent weeks. The Seahawks traded their ...

Free agent running back Felix Jones, the 2008 first-round draft choice who has spent the first five years of his career with the Cowboys, is scheduled to work out for the Patriots on Thursday, a source confirms. The 26-year-old Jones, who reported...

Building off this morning's blog entry on the Patriots owning just five selections in the 2013 NFL Draft, here is a breakdown of total picks made per season in the Bill Belichick era (2000-present): 2012: 7 2011: 9 2010: 12 2009: 12 2008: 7 2...

The Patriots and special teams captain Matthew Slater finalized a contract today, and the team also signed defensive lineman Marcus Harrison. Slater, a 2011 Pro Bowler, was one of the team's top free agents. The 2008 fifth-round draft choice serve...

AP Photo/Charles Rex ArbogastRyan Wendell has seen his role increase with the Patriots. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- When Fresno State offensive lineman Ryan Wendell wasn't selected in the 2008 NFL Draft, he could have signed with a few different NFL te...

NFL coaches and personnel men often say it takes three years to fairly evaluate a draft, so Nate Davis of USA Today looks back on 2008 and gives his marks. One aspect stands out: The Patriots, Colts and Steelers, who are generally praised for thei...

Quick-hit thoughts around the NFL and with the Patriots: 1. Analysts often say it takes three years to effectively judge a draft. So that puts 2008 under the spotlight and when it comes to the Patriots, it wasn't their best work. Four of seven pic...

Rich Cimini, who covers the Jets for ESPNNewYork.com, details the Jets' six selections in the 2011 NFL Draft. "For them, that's a lot," Cimini writes. "The last time the Jets selected six players in one draft was 2008." This highlights a major ...

The NFL combine is showing off pass-rushers, to the Patriots benefit.

Fourth-year cornerback Jonathan Wilhite's base salary increases from $550,000 to $1.2 million for the 2011 season, a result of him reaching incentives in the first three years of the deal. A fourth-round draft choice in 2008, Wilhite played 16 gam...

Cornerback Terrence Wheatley, a 2008 Patriots second-round draft choice now with the Jaguars, was placed on season-ending injured reserve today (hamstring). It is the latest health-related setback for Wheatley, whose New England career was derailed b...

Thursday's game betwen the Patriots and Lions offers New England college football fans the chance to get a progress report on former Boston College offensive lineman Gosder Cherilus. A first-round draft choice of the Lions in 2008, Cherilus starts...

Two former Patriots have landed with new teams. Cornerback Terrence Wheatley, a 2008 second-round draft choice who was waived on Saturday, has signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars on their 53-man roster. Linebacker Tyrone McKenzie, a 2009 third...