Nice! Finally an edge rusher!

Chandler Jones - Syracuse University - to the New England Patriots

Mike Mayock loves him and thinks he will be a beast in 3 years. I'm just a little worried he is getting overrated because of who his brother is.

Pats trade up again for Hightower

wow, twice in the same round he moved up!!

Only got the two second round picks left in the draft now. Looks like quality over quantity this time.

25(25) (1st round) overall 2012 NFL Draft pick goes to.............

New England Patriots (From Broncos)

Hightower, Dont'a (name)

ILB (position)

6'2" (height)

265 (weight)

Alabama (school)

85.0 (rating)

Yep, 2 defensive players and i wonder what picking an olb means for mayo and spikes? Is Guyton still on the roster? is this insurance on spikes or to free up mayo?

Guyton is gone. I'd say Nikovich drops to the bench.

Round 2
Pick Overall Team
1 33 St. Louis Rams
2 34 Indianapolis Colts
3 35 Minnesota Vikings
4 36 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
5 37 Cleveland Browns
6 38 Jacksonville Jaguars
7 39 St. Louis Rams (from Washington)
8 40 Carolina Panthers
9 41 Buffalo Bills
10 42 Miami Dolphins
11 43 Seattle Seahawks
12 44 Kansas City Chiefs
13 45 Dallas Cowboys
14 46 Philadelphia Eagles
15 47 New York Jets
16 48 New England Patriots (from Oakland)
17 49 San Diego Chargers
18 50 Chicago Bears
19 51 Philadelphia Eagles (from Arizona)
20 52 Tennessee Titans
21 53 Cincinnati Bengals
22 54 Detroit Lions
23 55 Atlanta Falcons
24 56 Pittsburgh Steelers
25 57 Denver Broncos
26 58 Houston Texans
27 59 Green Bay Packers
28 60 Baltimore Ravens
29 61 San Francisco 49ers
30 62 New England Patriots
31 63 New York Giants

Was reading other message boards and steeler and ravens fans are pissed the Pats got Hightower, they were comparing him to Ray Lewis lol..

Vince Wilfolk was delirious with happiness at the two pick (esp. Hightower) If they make him Happy, Then I'm sold!

Yes, and they got that kid Fanene from Cincy during free agency who has put up decent numbers in limited time also. People probably forgot about him through all the draft hoopla but that makes 3 quality guys the patriots added to the defense.

Ravens front office are annoyed. Hightower was their guy. They ended up trading out of the first round because he was gone.

Oh and thanks for bringing up Fanae, easily the most underrated free agent signing in awhile. If he becomes a starter, he could be a top D-Lineman

the pats should aplogyize for taking the ravens player. you should give him to balti!

and the balti i bet still upset over the afc championship

Hope you're enjoying having that avatar... Going to be changed for the better soon.

are you killing me that badly

Hey Teddy, some Yankee fans are complaining about the NFL draft on the Yankee message board.
You won't be happy.

i was complaining about the giants pick cal