2007 NFL Draft - Team Needs  

Team Needs - AFC


New England Patriots

• Wide Receiver - Caldwell is a FA, Brown is old, Jackson has shown nothing
  
• Linebacker - Bruschi is almost done, Vrabel is better on the outside, really need a ILB
  
• Defensive Back - if Samuel stays they are solid with him and Hobbs, could use an upgrade at both safety spots
• Running Back - should be looking for a late round replacement for Corey Dillon, Kevin Faulk isn't getting any younger
  

• Defensive Back - Dyson is solid but Miller stinks, this needs to be a CB
• Tight End - they have no talent at the position to speak of
• Defensive Tackle - if they want to play the 3-4 they have only one player (Shaun Ellis), need a nose and another end (Von Oelhoffen sucks)

• Defensive Tackle - almost no one under contract, Holliday and Traylor stink anyways
• Defensive Back - Will Allen is OK at one corne but they have nothing at the other CB spot (A Goodman) or eith safety (Hill and Bell)
• Quarterback - Culpepper looks done and Harrington is not the answer

• Offensive Line - specifically at right tackle, 3 interior guys are no names as well
• Linebacker - Spikes is a shade of his former self, Fletcher is productive but old
• Defensive Back - if they lose Clements they need another corner
• Running Back - early if they give up on McGahee, late if they keep him
  

• Linebacker - OLB specifically, especially if Cato June leaves, Morris is solid but old at SLB, Brackett is OK in the middle
• Defensive Back - Sanders and Bethea are a great young safety tandem, but Harper and David are just so so as corners
• Defensive Tackle - Boog McFarland is still solid, but Raheem Brock is only average, a young stud would really help

• Offensive Line - so what else is new, they have nothing here
• Defensive Tackle - they have nothing on the defensive line other than Mario Williams, pass rusher would be huge
• Defensive Back - Dunta Robinson is a keeper but they don't have adequate play at either safety spot

• Defensive End - Vanden Bosch is good but injury prone, they have nothing onthe other side
• Defensive Tackle - Robaire Smith is good vs. the run, this is even more pressing should they drop Haynesworth
• Cornerback - Pacman is a stud, but Reynaldo Hill and Andre Woolfolk are not starters

• Defensive Back - Rasheen Mathis is one of the best but they need a starter opposite him, Deon Grant is fine at free but need a SS
• Outside Linebacker - they love Daryl Smith in the middle, but Greisen and Ingram are not long term answers
• Quarterback - I don't think they are sold on either Leftwich or Garrard

• Offensive Line - Ogden might retire, Pashos (RT) is only average, pretty good on the interior though
• Running Back - Jamal Lewis looks done, and Mike Anderson is not the answer
• Linebacker - only if Adalius Thomas leaves, Suggs and Scott are great, but Ray Lewis is not getting any younger

• Defensive Back - rumors are that Deltha O'Neal and Tory James are gone, Joseph is good but they have nothing else, could use a safety too
• Tight End - they have nothing and could really use a weapon here
• Offensive Line - need a starting guard if Steinbach leaves, and Richie Braham is old and injured at center

• Defensive Line - Ted Washington is old at NT, and they have nothing at DE for the 3-4
• Offensive Line - specifically at tackle, they need both tackles
• Running Back - Droughns is sure not the answer in the backfield, Harrison was only a late round pick
• Defensive Back - Bodden is a solid starter but they need a corner opposite him, Baxter was terrible
  

• Offensive Line - they really need a center now that Hartings has retired, Kendall Simmons (G) and Max Starks (T) are also question marks
• Defensive Back - Ike Taylor and Desheah Townsend have ability but are inconsistent, they are all set at safety but could use an impact corner
• Linebacker - they are set for starters but could use some depth

• Defensive Back - Jammer and Florence are adequate, McCree is OK at FS, Kiel is already gone so they have nobody at SS
• Wide Reciever - Vincent Jackson looks like a keeper, but McCardell is old and Parker sucks
• Linebacker - Phillips and Merriman are great on the outside, but Godfrey and Edwards are old and won't play much longer

• Defensive Line - they are a bunch of castoffs and were adequate this past year, but basically their isn't a single impact player
• Defensive Back - the death of Darrent Williams leaves a whole at CB (or FS if Foxworth slides over to CB), Lynch is getting old at SS
• Offensive Line - they don't put a premium on this, but Meadows, Foster and Pearman are only average starters

• Quarterback - Brooks was a disaster and Andrew Walter hasn't shown anything
• Offensive Line - lots of high draft picks here, probably won't give up on Gallery, Grove is a good young center, really need a RT and RG
• Wide Reciever - tons of talent with Moss and Porter, but terrible attitude

• Offensive Line - Roaf retired last year, Shields retired this year, Turley is not all the way back, outside of Waters and Wiegman they need 3 starters
• Defensive Tackle - Ron Edwards and James Reed?, Sims was a bust and they need to give up and move on
• Wide Receiver - they have nothing here, Kennison is their best and Parker is a 4th WR at best
• Defensive Back - Ty Law and Pat Surtain are old and they have no depth behind them, they could use some youth at safety as well
  

• Defensive Back - Demps and Wilson are OK at safety, Webster was a disaster at one CB spot and Madison is getting old at the other
• Offensive Line - they lost Whitfield to retirement, Petigout they cut, and Kareem McKenzie is terrible
• Linebacker - Pierce is great, but they cut Emmons and Arrington

• Defensive Back - Newman and Roy Williams are good, but Anthony Henry is only adequate, and they really need a ballhawking free safety
• Offensive Line - Columbo (RT) stinks, Rivera (RG) is old, Kosier (LG) stinks, Flozells Adams is old, they could use a tackle and a guard
• Defensive Line - Canty is a keeper, but Spears has been a bust and Ferguson is old at the nose

• Defensive Line - Cornelius Griffin is old, Andre Carter is their best defensive lineman, they really need an impact DE or DT or both
• Defensive Back - they have Sean Taylor and Carlos Rogers, but Troy Vincent (FS) is old, and they have no other starting caliber corners
• Offensive Line - they have good starters, but virtually no depth, Jansen (RT) is the most injury prone, Rabach (C) is the worst player

• Linebacker - Trotter is solid but old, they really need help on the outside
• Wide Reciever - Reggie Brown is good but they have nothing after him, they almost never take WR though
• Defensive Back - Sheppard and Brown are good at the corners, but Dawkins is getting old and they have no SS

• Offensive Line - they pay Jeff Backus like a top LT but he isn't, they need starters at every position
• Quarterback - Kitna is not the answer, although Martz likes Orlovsky and doesn't really want a project
• Defensive Line - James Hall is OK, but aside from Cory Redding they have nothing, they need a DT and DE

• Defensive Back - Al Harris is a good cover man, Nick Collins is a good FS, but Charles Woodson is old and Manual sucks at FS
• Wide Reciever - Driver is old, Jennings is decent, but they could use a stud here
• Running Back - Ahman Green is coming to the end and Vernand Morency is not the answer

• Wide Reciever - Travis Taylor is a bust and they have nothing else, they desperately need a stud
• Defensive Back - they are old at safety (Sharper and Smith), Winfield is getting old, and Smoot is a bum
• Offensive Line - they are all set with McKinnie and Hutchinson, but the right side is terrible at both spots

• Tight End - Desmond Clark is adequate but a playmaker here would really help their QB
• Offensive Line - talented but old at many spots (Tait, Brown, Miller) and they could really use some depth
• Linebacker - Hunter Hillenmeye is OK and they only really need a player here is Briggs leaves
• Defensive Back - if Briggs stays they could certainly use a "cornerback of the future" to push Nathan Vasher (who is incredibly overrated)
  

• Defensive Back - Deangelo Hall is great, the safeties are old, and they really need another corner
• Wide Reciever - Petrino loves to throw and they need a stud on the outside
• Defensive Line - if Kerney leaves they need an end, but otherwise they could use some youth inside at DT (maybe a pass rusher to spell Jackson)
  

• Linebacker - they need a MLB and an OLB to play opposite Thomas Davis
• Offensive Line - other than Jordan Gross they don't have a lot, especially in the running game
• Quarterback - Delhomme has been a revelation but he started to show signs of slowing down, they need a QB of the future and an immediate backup
• Tight End - Jeff King is an intruiging player, but they haven't had an impact pass catcher since Wes Walls
  

• Defensive Back - Mike McKenzie is OK but Fred Thomas was terrible, and they badly need a SS to play next to Bullocks
• Linebacker - they always draft linebackers but none are ever any good
• Defensive Line - the ends are great but neither tackle is anything special
• Tight End - not a huge part of their offense but an elite pass catcher would add a new dimension
  

• Defensive Line - Rice is getting old and Dewayne White is gone, they also need help inside after losing Sapp and McFarland the past two seasons
• Wide Reciever - Galloway is getting old, Stovall is a project, and they don't really have anything else for Gruden's famed passing attack
• Defensive Back - specifcally they need to fill both safety spots, and Ronde Barber, while still playing at a high level, isn't getting any younger
• Quarterback - Gradkowski and Simms are not pro bowl caliber, Drew Stanton would be a good fit and I personally think Quinn would be a star in Gruden's offense
  

• Defensive Line - Bryant Young is old, Marque Douglas was good, but they need youth, especially if they want to go to the 3-4
• Defensive Back - aside from Shawtae Spencer they have nothing, they need a CB and both safety spots
• Linebacker - Lawson and Moore are solid on the outside, but they need a MLB especially if they want to go to the 3-4
• Wide Reciever - perhaps a more immediate concern but can be addressed later in the draft, Antonio Bryant is a solid starter but they could use a slot man
  

• Offensive Line - Locklear and Jones are still great, they really need two starting caliber guards though
• Defensive Back - Trufant is OK, but they need another corner and could use an upgrade for both Babineaux and Boulware at safety
• Defensive Line - the starters are OK but they could use some depth, Wistrom is getting old and they could use someone to play next to Bernard inside

• Linebacker - Will Witherspoon is OK in the middle but they have nothing on the outside
• Defensive Line - Claude Wrotten has potential, Jimmy Kennedy was a 1st rounder, but neither is great, they also need an end opposite Little
• Defensive Back - Ty Hill looked OK as a rookie, Fakhir Brown is actually pretty decent, but nobody is special back there

• Offensive Line - like the Texans what else is new, they really need a left tackle
• Defensive Line - aside from Darnell Dockett and the project that is Gabe Watson inside they have nothing, they really need a DE
• Defensive Back - Robert Griffith and David Macklin stink, so they could use a corner and a safety