NFL Draft Rumors: 5 players Patriots should take with Arizona pick

If there is really anything that the Patriots don’t do well on draft day, it’s finding a wide receiver that can stretch the field or to be physical enough to do much of anything on the outside. Outside of Randy Moss and Deion Branch, who else has helped the Brady/Belichick era Patriots move the chains on the outside at wide receiver?

By acquiring the Cardinals’ No. 61 second round pick that just so happens to come right after the Patriots’ own No. 60 selection, it allows Belichick to take a risk late in the second round and get his guy to potentially star on the outside for the next few years in Foxboro in Notre Dame Fighting Irish star wide receiver Will Fuller.

Fuller had back-to-back 1,000 receiving seasons for the Irish under head coach Brian Kelly in South Bend. At 6’0, 180 pounds, Fuller won’t be bullied by bigger press coverage corners on the outside. His sure-handedness along the outside will almost certainly help Brady moving the chains for the next few seasons if New England goes with the Notre Dame wideout at No. 61.

While Brady won’t play quarterback for New England until the end of time, it wouldn’t hurt to have potentially a star at wide receiver on the outside in Fuller in the latter years of the Brady era in New England.

If Fuller does become a star for the Patriots, he could help Brady’s backup Jimmy Garoppolo effectively transition into his new role when Brady retires. That is if Garroppolo is indeed the heir apparent to Brady in Foxboro.