{"id":25966,"date":"2025-01-13T20:20:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T20:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=25966"},"modified":"2025-01-13T20:20:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T20:20:15","slug":"report-nfl-analyst-suggests-top-patriots-draft-target-after-mike-vrabel-hire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=25966","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: NFL Analyst Suggests Top Patriots Draft Target After Mike Vrabel Hire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New England Patriots got started with rebuilding their sideline staff by welcoming new head coach Mike Vrabel aboard Sunday, but that\u2019s just the first step of what should be a busy offseason.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/gcdn\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/01\/12\/USAT\/77656022007-usatsi-22085713.jpg?crop=3995,2247,x0,y74&amp;width=3200&amp;height=1800&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"NFL winners and losers: Mike Vrabel, Patriots look like perfect pair\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New England sits over three months away from yet another critical decision on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots secured the No. 4 overall selection in April\u2019s NFL draft, allowing executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf and Vrabel to land an impactful young talent. Last year it was Drake Maye, but even the 22-year-old\u2019s impressive rookie year wasn\u2019t enough to get the Patriots back into contention mode in the AFC East.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, who should the Patriots eye in the meantime?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf the Patriots can plug some holes on offense through free agency\u2026Give Vrabel Abdul Carter and watch out,\u201d ESPN\u2019s Matt Miller suggested on X Sunday.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Carter just concluded his junior season at Penn State and the defensive end is ready for the next step in his career. The 20-year-old ended his college career totaling 172 tackles, 39.5 tackles for loss, 23 sacks, five forced fumbles and an interception.<\/p>\n<p>Carter became a first-time All-American, coming off a solid 2024 season in which he notched 68 tackles with 12 sacks. He\u2019s also the first player from Penn State to declare for the draft after the team\u2019s Orange Bowl loss to Notre Dame last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The last first consensus All-America selection from Penn State was Saquon Barkley, the second overall selection in the 2018 draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New England Patriots got started with rebuilding their sideline staff by welcoming new head coach Mike Vrabel aboard Sunday, but that\u2019s just the first step of&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25967,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>REPORT: NFL Analyst Suggests Top Patriots Draft Target After Mike Vrabel Hire - 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