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With the 23rd pick of the 2018 DBN Community NFL Mock Draft, the New England Patriots select...
Kolton Miller, OT, UCLA
The selection and write-up were made by unoservix:
The Patriots lost the Super Bowl and then lost a bunch of key players, including Tom Brady’s longtime left tackle, Nate Solder. Then through dark sorcery and things too terrible to name, they wound up with the 23rd overall pick of the draft. Assuming Bill Belichick doesn’t trade this pick for crafting materials to construct another slot receiver with his pottery wheel or something, the Pats will be in position to grab a player with a better pedigree than they’ve had recently.
The top five QBs are already off the board and no QB is going to loosen Tom Brady’s iron grip anyway, so with the 23rd pick I’ll invest in protecting Brady with UCLA OT Kolton Miller. Miller is a gifted athlete with the physical traits to succeed at his position, which cannot be taught. The Pats will count on their great OL coach, Dante Scarnecchia, to correct the flaws in Miller’s technique and turn his physical talent into success on the field. Miller should be in the mix to start right away, as neither of the Pats’ in-house candidates, Anthony Garcia and LaAdrian Waddle, can stake an unassailable claim to the job. Success with Miller will immediately fill the gap left by Solder’s departure and put the Patriots on their way to keeping Brady upright and extending their reign of terror.
Pokorny: “ddd”
The Carolina Panthers are up next, led by mrwhitman.
2018 DBN Community Mock Draft Results
Pick | Team | Username | Selection |
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Pick | Team | Username | Selection |
1 | Cleveland Browns | Grimflick | QB Lamar Jackson |
2 | New York Giants | Your Friendly Neighborhood Esq. | QB Baker Mayfield |
3 | New York Jets | jclark22 | DE Bradley Chubb |
4 | Cleveland Browns | Keyser Sozze | CB Denzel Ward |
5 | Denver Broncos | poultman | RB Saquon Barkley |
6 | Indianapolis Colts | Browns95 | OG Quenton Nelson |
7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | Ezweav | DB Minkah Fitzpatrick |
8 | Chicago Bears | Ostate84 | LB Tremaine Edmunds |
9 | San Francisco 49ers | Mudville | DE Marcus Davenport |
10 | Oakland Raiders | makeaplay59 | LB Roquan Smith |
11 | Miami Dolphins | Swagnasty | QB Josh Rosen |
12 | Buffalo Bills | GratefulDawg | QB Sam Darnold |
13 | Washington Redskins | Maul Poleski | S Derwin James |
14 | Green Bay Packers | Darth_Batman | DE/OLB Harold Landry |
15 | Arizona Cardinals | Brocolis154033 | QB Josh Allen |
16 | Baltimore Ravens | Fluke_on_target | WR Calvin Ridley |
17 | Los Angeles Chargers | Crawford_T | DT Vita Vea |
18 | Seattle Seahawks | OhioCityBrownsBeliever | CB Mike Hughes |
19 | Dallas Cowboys | Topanga Jeff | OG Will Hernandez |
20 | Detroit Lions | clefan4lif | DT Taven Bryan |
21 | Cincinnati Bengals | Robo Dawg | OG Isaiah Wynn |
22 | Buffalo Bills | a2342432a | WR Christian Kirk |
23 | New England Patriots | unoservix | OT Kolton Miller |
24 | Carolina Panthers | mrwhitman | WR D.J. Moore |
25 | Tennessee Titans | troy145 | DE/OLB Arden Key |
26 | Atlanta Falcons | BrianB77 | DT Da'Ron Payne |
27 | New Orleans Saints | Legoman0721 | LB Lorenzo Carter |
28 | Pittsburgh Steelers | xfl2001fan | LB Leighton Vander Esch |
29 | Jacksonville Jaguars | kizer america | LB Rashaan Evans |
30 | Minnesota Vikings | pt_999 | OT Mike McGlinchey |
31 | New England Patriots | Matt Wood | TE Mike Gesicki |
32 | Philadelphia Eagles | Adam Rice | OT Connor Williams |
33 | Cleveland Browns | fjblessi | DT Maurice Hurst |
34 | New York Giants | anthszabo | RB Derrius Guice |
35 | Cleveland Browns | tmartin5785 | DE Sam Hubbard |