Reiss is beating the drum pretty hard for the Pats to take Ohio State's Ryan Shazier in the first round, a move that makes zero sense to me. Shazier is an undersized (6'1" 237) LB with range who'd be a coverage option on sub downs and depth for an LB group that lost Spikes and Fletcher.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uCHkBCkT50
I think they're going to have enough trouble getting snaps for the three LB they already have when healthy, to be honest.
Some of the mocks have Jordan Tripp of Montana as a 4th-round possibility. He's also smaller (6'3" 234) guy, but Nolan Nawrocki describes him as having a "special-teams temperament," even having served as an emergency long-snapper. He excelled in the agility drills (best 20-yard shuttle, 4th-best 3-cone)
http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/jordan-tripp?id=2543735
Another guy who excelled in the agility drills was South Dakota's Tyler Starr, who recorded the best 3-cone despite being more the size player the Patriots draft at LB (6'4" 250). He's more of a project and might project more as a DE/OLB type than an off-the-line LB. I think he's considered more of a late-rounder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azuNv-9yQsA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uCHkBCkT50
I think they're going to have enough trouble getting snaps for the three LB they already have when healthy, to be honest.
Some of the mocks have Jordan Tripp of Montana as a 4th-round possibility. He's also smaller (6'3" 234) guy, but Nolan Nawrocki describes him as having a "special-teams temperament," even having served as an emergency long-snapper. He excelled in the agility drills (best 20-yard shuttle, 4th-best 3-cone)
http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/jordan-tripp?id=2543735
Another guy who excelled in the agility drills was South Dakota's Tyler Starr, who recorded the best 3-cone despite being more the size player the Patriots draft at LB (6'4" 250). He's more of a project and might project more as a DE/OLB type than an off-the-line LB. I think he's considered more of a late-rounder.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azuNv-9yQsA