The Patriots traded their first-round pick Thursday night to add a second and third-round selection, but with five selections on Day 2, could more deals be coming?
Speaking on a video conference call after Round 1, Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio hinted that could happen with the number of picks that they have.
"It just gives us some flexibility," he said. "You can move around in the middle there a little bit. Late-round pick is a late-round pick. You look at them all together, you basically have 12 picks in five rounds, so we'll see. Like I said, we're going to look at what's left, then kind of recalibrate, move around a little bit. We certainly have the ammunition, the flexibility to do so. Like most picks and/or trades, it's all player-driven, right? If there's a player you feel you need to move to get, you can go ahead and do it. We'll see how it all goes.
"I would expect us to pick more players tomorrow. How we pick them ultimately will be determined by what we're looking at and how much we actually end up moving."
Right now, the Patriots have pick No. 37 overall, the fifth pick of Round 2, so they are in a position to get almost any player that did not go in Round 1. Then with four selections from No. 71-100, a lot can happen. They could use all the picks if there's still good value, or if there's a player they really like, they could use some of those to move up to get him.
And then there's always the potential to flip one for a future selection. Really anything can happen and the Patriots are in full control.
So, while the Patriots did not make any selections in Round 1, with 13 selections remaining, including five on Friday alone, they are in a good spot.
