Rian Mallet Patriot From England

FOXBOROUGH, Mass... Three trades. Two youths were added to a group of old running backs. A potential successor to Tom Brady. Researchers and no. pass The New England Patriots stuck to their traditional strategy project Friday - focusing on their ratings of the players and not their positions of need and stocking on the choice of project. They loved the peaks in the first and second rounds in the first two days of the project next year. But they did not meet the need of a pass rush better. They finished 14th in the NFL last year with 36 sacks. Coach Bill Belichick hopes that can better help from the outside linebacker Jermaine Cunningham, who had a sack as a rookie last year and others are growing. He said "young players still continues to grow at all positions." This is particularly important when he's 34, Kevin Faulk, who spent most of last season in injured reserve, aged 34 and 35 Sammy Morris Fred Taylor running back. BenJarvus Green-It is Ellis, 25, and Danny Woodhead 26. If the Patriots drafted running backs Shane Vereen of California in the second inning and Stevan Ridley LSU in the third. They also went to cons-productive Ryan Mallett, a 6-foot-quarterback-6 Arkansas, in the third round and cornerback Ras-I Dowling of Virginia at the forefront of the second. The Patriots made two trades Friday. They feel the 28th row of the second round of the Houston ninth of the third round, the tenth in the fifth. Then they exchanged the 28th pick and eight third-round choice from fourth to Oakland for the 16th selection in the seventh inning and a second-rounder next year. An agreement with New Orleans Thursday introduced a first-round choice next year. On Saturday, they have no choice in the fourth round, two in the fifth and one each in the sixth and seventh. Dowling The 6-foot-1 joins Devin McCourty 5-10, a first-round choice last year, the group with 6-1 cornerback Leigh Bodden, Darius Butler and
Kyle Arrington. Size, Belichick said, is an advantage with so many tall receivers in the NFL. "It seems that every week we go against big receivers, physical," he said. "being able to tackle, be physical, be able to jam guys" are important skills for cornerback. Dowling only two of the five games he started playing as a senior before the end of the season when he fractured his left ankle. He also suffered knee injuries and hamstring last season. "I feel great," he said. "I'm 100 percent." If we had camp tomorrow, I'd be ready to go. "Mallett played 11 games as a freshman at Michigan - School of Brady - before transferring to Arkansas when new coach Rich Rodriguez brought in an offense not suitable for Mallett, a pocket pass." 238 pounds, it is difficult to break down
but also not very difficult. And even with Brady at the top of his game, selecting Mallett seems a bit curious. Then, when Brady suffered a knee injury late in the season opener of 2008, the Patriots backup Matt Cassel is based on, for the rest of the season. "I do not think you can have too much depth at that position." We've all seen what happens, "belichick said." Current pro in March of Arkansas, Mallett said he felt ambushed by questions at the NFL combine in Indianapolis, rumors Drugs consumption. "It's in the past and I'm looking into the future," he said Friday evening. "mislabeled?" If this is what you want to call, fine. I think I interpreted 

differently than people who know me. In a season in Michigan and two in Arkansas, Mallett threw for 69 touchdowns and 24 intercepts. The Patriots had only one quarterback Brian Hoyer backup last year, adding Mallett Belichick could give an option if Brady, who underwent surgery Jan. 20 to a stress fracture in his right
foot, is injured again. "I feel good," Brady said at a promotional appearance in New York on Friday. "I feel like someone who has undergone surgery and had to go through rehabilitation." We still have a lot of time before football season starts, and I'm just