The 2021 fifth-round pick currently is on the practice squad and has missed the last several weeks with an undisclosed injury. (For what it’s worth, Lloyd, who went 27th overall to Jacksonville, ranks 15th overall and fourth as a run defender.)Īnd McGrone, whom both Groh and linebackers coach Steve Belichick hyped up this offseason? He failed to make the roster after an uninspiring summer. Among all NFL linebackers with at least 50 snaps played, their grades are the lowest and fourth-lowest.
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“So I think it’s a good group.”įour weeks into the regular season, that has not looked like an accurate assessment.Įntering Week 5, McMillan and Wilson are the Patriots’ lowest- and second-lowest-graded Patriots defenders by Pro Football Focus, respectively. “I think we’ve got a lot of names there and a lot of experience, and mix in some youth,” director of player personnel Matt Groh said after the Patriots passed on the likes of Utah’s Devin Lloyd and Georgia’s Quay Walker on draft night. They also did not take fliers on any undrafted ‘backers. In one of the offseason’s biggest surprises, the Patriots opted to neither sign a starting-caliber linebacker in free agency nor select one with any of their 10 picks in the 2022 NFL Draft. Wilson was acquired in a trade with the Cleveland Browns in exchange for Chase Winovich. McMillan and McGrone were internal options coming off injuries. So far, that plan has not panned out.Īfter looking old and slow at the second level late last season, the Patriots jettisoned Super Bowl winners Dont’a Hightower, Kyle Van Noy and Jamie Collins and replaced them with a younger group headlined by Raekwon McMillan, Mack Wilson and Cameron McGrone.
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