With The 17th Pick In The 2011 Stampede Blue Community Mock Draft, The New England Patriots Select...

by mgrex03 on Mar 28, 2011 9:39 PM EDT in Community Mock Draft

Anthony Castonzo - OT, Boston College

Pick made by me:

As much as I wanted to punt this pick so he'd be around for the Colts, Anthony Castonzo won't have to go very far from his college home to play in the NFL. Castonzo looks to be your prototypical Left Tackle, with the ability to play the other side when asked. He was a four year starter at Boston College, the last 3 on the left side. I think he'd fit in really well protecting the valuable back-side of Tom Brady. I'm sure Gisele would approve as well.

Long-time Left Tackle Matt Light is an Unrestricted Free Agent, and until there is a CBA, it is unknown whether Light will return, although Jeff Howe of NESN seems to think he'll be back. It's one of those areas the unknown CBA that makes the draft so much more interesting this season, as there's no guarantee somebody will swoop in and overpay for the 11 year vet. Add in that LG Logan Mankins is also a free agent, and the value of someone like Castonzo, who could really play any of the non-Center positions on the line (which he did at the Senior Bowl), goes up.

The pick here was going to be J.J. Watt to play the 3-4 DE, but the Jaguars took him from right underneath my nose. It's possible the Patriots could look at another of the DE still available, but with a pick at #28 and at #33, there are more players on the Defensive line to choose from that are about the same level than there is on the Offensive line, so Castonzo is the pick.

If Castonzo is taken 17th overall, it'll be the first time since 1992 the Patriots have taken an OT in the first round (Eugene Chung). Also, it'll be the second time in the past four years an OT from Boston College was taken in the first round, as Gosder Cherilus was taken 17th overall by the Lions in 2008.

Anthony Castonzo Scouting Report from Mocking the Draft

The Chargers, and ColtsFanFromHawaii, are on the clock...

Pos	Team	Player	Pos	School	Drafter
1	Carolina	Nick Fairley	DT	Auburn	palco
2	Denver	Da'Quan Bowers	DE	Clemson	chad72
3	Buffalo	Marcell Dareus	DT/DE	Alabama	Buffalo_Bill_Cody
4	Cincinnati	A.J. Green	WR	Georgia	beerbrunch
5	Arizona	Patrick Peterson	CB	LSU	JesusNinja13
6	Cleveland	Robert Quinn	DE	North Carolina	nickfromnaptown
7	San Francisco	Prince Amukamara	CB	Nebraska	nopuntintended
8	Tennessee	Blaine Gabbert	QB	Missouri	Aerostar193
9	Dallas	Nate Solder	OT	Colorado	Addai Another Aday
10	Washington	Julio Jones	WR	Alabama	TouchdownColts
11	Houston	Von Miller	LB	Texas A&M	SupermanWearsBobSander'sPJs
12	Minnesota	Ryan Kerrigan	DE	Purdue	Mr. Indianapolis Colts
13	Detroit	Jimmy Smith	CB	Colorado	Bradman721
14	St. Louis	Cameron Jordan	DE	California	VolsnCards5
15	Miami	Mark Ingram	RB	Alabama	metallicolts
16	Jacksonville	J.J. Watt	DE	Wisconsin	Collin McCollough
17	New England	Anthony Castonzo	OT	Boston College	mgrex03
18	San Diego				ColtsFanFromHawaii
19	N.Y. Giants				erockrap
20	Tampa Bay				Sir Sci
21	Kansas City				FreeneyAteYourLunch
22	Indianapolis				BlueVol03
23	Philadelphia				AnotherWriter
24	New Orleans				ushoe
25	Seattle				Vikings55Thunder
26	Baltimore				JaredCounterman
27	Atlanta				fiftycal2004
28	New England				mgrex03
29	Chicago				DClark#44
30	N.Y. Jets				Eltoasto
31	Pittsburgh				emiller17
32	Green Bay				sanders_fan89

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Should make Pats fans happy

This pick should make a lot of Pats fans happy but I still believe BB goes DE, he needs to be able to get after these QBs on the schedule for 2011, namely Peyton, Romo, Eli, Vick, Rivers, and Big Ben for a start :-). Pass rush probably will be on BB’s list, just a hunch.

by chad72 on Mar 28, 2011 9:52 PM EDT reply actions

But I see...

…that the DEs that the Pats want are gone in this mock. So I understand the pick.

In the real draft, it is another set of trading up and down for the Pats, IMO. What a draft to have 8 picks in :-(.

by chad72 on Mar 28, 2011 9:54 PM EDT up reply actions

46 picks in 23 days???

We can get 2 rounds done by draft day, I guess, still looks possible with 2 picks a day :-)

by chad72 on Mar 28, 2011 9:54 PM EDT reply actions

I'm going to bust a nut is the Pats get this guy

Then again, that could open them up to get rid of Matt Light… and I’m still on board for snagging that guy (no matter his geriatric nature) whenever free agency happens.

Or did he get tendered? I’m fairly behind the times on Pats news.

Peyton Manning = GFQTWHESINTHOEF

by coltsjunkie44 on Mar 28, 2011 11:20 PM EDT reply actions

Mankins was tendered.

Light is a soon-to-be-free-agent, pending a lockout decision.

"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West

by insertscreenname on Mar 29, 2011 12:06 AM EDT up reply actions

Like the fact that you went OT,

But we already have a LT in Sebastian Vollmer. That’s why I see the Carimi as being the likely choice, because he can play both T spots and G, but is better suited to RT if he were to end up in Foxboro.

"Perhaps it was the Noid who should have avoided me." Mayor Adam West

by insertscreenname on Mar 29, 2011 12:05 AM EDT reply actions