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(Each day over the next week, ESPNBoston.com will focus on one position in the NFL draft and highlight a prospect in rounds 2-7 who might fit. With so much attention placed on the first round in mock drafts, "Beyond the first round" focuses on lesser...

(Each day over the next week, ESPNBoston.com will focus on one position in the NFL draft and highlight a prospect in rounds 2-7 who might fit. With so much attention placed on the first round in mock drafts, "Beyond the first round" focuses on lesser...

(Each day over the next week, ESPNBoston.com will focus on one position in the NFL draft and highlight a prospect in rounds 2-7 who might fit. With so much attention placed on the first round in mock drafts, "Beyond the first round" focuses on lesser...

(Each day over the next week, ESPNBoston.com will focus on one position in the NFL draft and highlight a prospect in rounds 2-7 who might fit. With so much attention placed on the first round in mock drafts, "Beyond the first round" focuses on lesser...

(Each day over the next week, ESPNBoston.com will focus on one position in the NFL draft and highlight a prospect in rounds 2-7 who might fit. With so much attention placed on the first round in mock drafts, "Beyond the first round" focuses on lesser...

(Each day over the next week, ESPNBoston.com will focus on one position in the NFL draft and highlight a prospect in rounds 2-7 who might fit. With so much attention placed on the first round in mock drafts, "Beyond the first round" focuses on lesser...

(Each day over the next week, ESPNBoston.com will highlight one position in the NFL draft and highlight a prospect in rounds 2-7 who might fit. With so much attention placed on the first round in mock drafts, "Beyond the first round" focuses on lesse...

Entering free agency, one of the Patriots' top need areas is cornerback, so it's no surprise to see prospects linked to the club in various mock drafts. Along those lines, in his latest mock draft, former scout Daniel Jeremiah of NFL.com eyes Mississ...

As we continue to become familiar with some of the top prospects in the 2013 NFL Draft, using mock drafts as a tool to do so sparks some different scenarios. Peter Schrager's mock draft 3.0, on FoxSports.com, presents a cornerback vs. safety scena...

Later this month, we'll be at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, and that's when preparations for the draft will shift into a higher gear in this space. But that hasn't stopped others from getting a head start with mock drafts, such as Tony Pauline of ...

A look at some final mock drafts and who analysts have the Patriots taking: Pro Football Weekly's Nolan Nawrocki 27. OLB Shea McClellin (Boise State) 31. TE Coby Fleener (Stanford) NFL Network's Mike Mayock 27. DE Nick Perry (USC) 31. S Har...

A few quick-hit thoughts from 40-yard dash times of receivers at the NFL combine (NFL.com link here): 1. Rutgers' Mohamed Sanu, a player linked to the Patriots in some mock drafts, clocked a 4.67. That is slower than he anticipated. While Sanu had...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Quick hits from the third day of the NFL combine: 1. Easy to see why Pats have been linked to Mercilus. Illinois defensive end/outside linebacker Whitney Mercilus has been connected to the Patriots in some mock drafts, and purely b...

It's early, no doubt, but analysts are already producing their first mock drafts of the season. At this point, one of the best parts about the projections is simply getting familiar with some of the prospects. Along those lines, Wes Bunting of Nat...

Given that the order for the 2012 NFL Draft is not yet finalized, draftniks acknowledge that it's too early to consider which prospects might land which each NFL team. At the same time, for those who view mock drafts as a chance to get to know prospe...

(Each day this week, ESPNBoston.com will highlight one position that the Patriots are projected to target in the NFL draft and highlight one prospect in rounds 2-7 who might fit. With so much attention placed on the first round in mock drafts, "Beyon...