With The 44th Pick In The Arrowhead Pride Mock Draft, The New England Patriots Select...

stag with the pick...

Now that Tebow is off the board, I really didn't know whom to pick for the Patriots.

The good news is, if I get this pick wrong, I have two more chances in the 2nd round.

As we mentioned before, the New England team needs are WR, pass rushing DE/OLB, 3-4 DE, RB, TE.

Getting Odrick in the first now allows Billy B to focus on skill players with the 3 second round picks.

Improving the pass rush is a huge priority for the Pats this year, and of course the "Patriot Way" takes a lot of pride in building the front 7, and they've been trying to rebuild the linebacking corps.

While my draft pick "t'aint" Junior Seau, he does have a chance to develop into someone just as feared..

via Heraldinteractive.com

With the 44th pick in the draft, the New England Patriots select.....

 

Nawa'akoa Lisiate Foti Analeseanoa Misi (pronounced ko-a mee-see), OLB Utah

via Patriotsdaily.com

A pass rushing specialist (even though he didn't amass a ton of sacks at Utah) who played DE in college, also filled in at DT when needed... so he's versatile and tough, and seems to have what it takes to fit well with the Pats.

"He is a pick-your-poison type of athlete who is powerful enough to take on and shed a blocker on the spot and fast enough to run around you and chase down his victim. Put that together with excellent instincts, a high-rev motor and team-leader type personality, and this prospect should fit well on somebody's roster "

"03/18/2010 - NFL DRAFT SCOUT RISER: Koa Misi, OLB, Utah: Misi, a defensive end at Utah attempting to make the transition to outside linebacker, followed up strong performances at the Senior Bowl and Scouting Combine with an impressive Pro Day March 9. Misi, the No. 6 outside linebacker prospect by NFLDraftScout.com, looked good in positional drills and trimmed his short shuttle time from 4.30 seconds to 4.21. - Chad Reuter, The Sports Xchange, NFLDraftScout.com"

 

First round results are here.

Number	Team	Position	Player	Selected by
33	St. Louis Rams	WR	Demaryius Thomas	UCrawford
34	Detroit Lions	CB	Devin McCourty	upamtn
35	Tampa Bay Bucs	DE	Everson Griffen	Larryemcdaniel
36	Kansas City Chiefs	WR	Golden Tate	ChiefsFan90s
37	Philadelphia Eagles (From Redskins)	OLB	Daryl Washington	fairmont
38	Cleveland Browns	QB	Jahvid Best	HIV2Elway
39	Oakland Raiders	G	Jon Asamoah	mushin
40	San Diego Chargers (From Seahawks)	RB	Jonathan Dwyer	tomahawk44
41	Buffalo Bills	QB	Tim Tebow	ArrowDread
42	Tampa Bay Bucs (From Bears)	WR	Eric Decker	Larryemcdaniel
43	Miami Dolphins	NT	Linval Joseph	Sam D
44	New England Patriots (from Jaguars)	OLB	Koa Misi	stagdsp
45	Denver Broncos			kcsno56
46	New York Giants			CHIEFER
47	New England Patriots (from Titans)			stagdsp
48	Carolina Panthers			Hail2DaChiefs
49	San Francisco 49ers			jterry
50	Houston Texans			ChiefsDude
51	Kansas City Chiefs (from Falcons)			ChiefsFan90s
52	Pittsburgh Steelers			Godlovetheredman14
53	New England Patriots			stagdsp
54	Cincinnati Bengals			PSUkegreen
55	Philadelphia Eagles			fairmont
56	Green Bay Packers			tybme
57	Baltimore Ravens			Ben S
58	Arizona Cardinals			kirkismerff
59	Dallas Cowboys			dbowefosho
60	Seattle Seahawks (From Chargers)			Matt Conner
61	New York Jets			Matt_Grbac
62	Minnesota Vikings			ravenhawk
63	Indianapolis Colts			TheAngelsColts
64	New Orleans Saints			King of the Cassel