KIRWAN’S FINAL MOCK HAS A COUPLE OF STRONG CLUES
profootballtalk.com 4/26/2008 — We don’t have the energy (or the desire) to do a final mock draft of our own, but we’ll probably throw one together at some point before 3:00 p.m. EDT today. Until then, we’ll marvel at the final mock of Pat Kirwan of NFL.com. Not ...

Patriots Take Mayo With 10th Pick
soxanddawgs.com 4/27/2008 — After trading the 7th pick in the 2008 NFL Draft to the New Orleans Saints for the 10th pick overall, the New England Patriots used that pick to take linebacker Jerod Mayo from Tennessee.

Patriots Grab Wheatley In Round Two
soxanddawgs.com 4/27/2008 — The New England Patriots picked Colorado Buffaloes cornerback Terrence Wheatley with the 31st pick of the second round (62nd overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft.

Patriots Bread & Butter: Wheat-ley and Mayo
nepatriotsdraft.com 4/27/2008 — The 2 new draft picks for the pats

Saints offer not enough to land Shockey
nydailynews.com 4/27/2008 — It appears the Giants never really came close to trading Jeremy Shockey because the New Orleans Saints never came close to meeting the Giants’ demands. Tom Coughlin said a few minutes ago that “there’s been a lot of talk, but very little activity” ...

Saint Shockey still possible — The Blue Screen - NY Daily News Blogs 4/26/2008
The Jeremy Shockey-to-the-Saints deal is still alive. The New Orleans Saints just traded up from the 10th pick of the first round to the seventh pick so they could select USC defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis. To get there, according to the NFL ...

Giants don't do deal for Shockey — Newsday.com - Giants 4/27/2008
Jeremy Shockey is not a saint. Well, no kidding. The talented but controversial tight end has a better chance of being Cantonized than canonized. But the big news today is that he's not a Saint with a capital S, as in a member of the team from New ...

LB 'one of higher-rated we've seen' — Boston.com -- Football news 4/27/2008
Patriots coach Bill Belichick finally found a linebacker in the draft that was to his liking. Turns out he just had to be in the top 10.

Patriots go for inside presence — Boston.com -- Football news 4/27/2008
FOXBOROUGH - Want to make a trade? Call the Patriots. When it comes to the NFL draft, the Patriots have been a team on the move under coach Bill Belichick and vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli. They like to wheel and deal - trading up, ...

Belichick, Pioli, Patriots quick on their feet at NFL draft — Boston.com -- Football news 4/27/2008
FOXBOROUGH — The words have been spoken so many times in recent years, they have become the slogan for Bill Belichick and Scott Pioli on the annual NFL draft campaign trail.