NFL Draft: Is Ricky Sapp a Good Fit for New England Patriots?
The words “pass rush” are etched into the heads of every New England fan with enough free time to care about what their biggest off season needs are. I’d go so far as to say Bill Belichick and Bob Kraft may get matching “pass rush” tattoos before the off season is over. It’s ominously foreboding, however, that the Patriots have never taken a first-round outside linebacker under Belichick. Those days may be over. The National Football Post reported that the New England Patriots worked out Ricky Sapp, the former Clemson stand-out at defensive end. A lot of the beer banter has circulated around Texas defensive end Sergio Kindle and Michigan DE/OLB Brandon Graham. These are the two players who are universally seen as the best fits for New England, and many mock drafters believe that one or the other should be available to the Patriots at the 22nd pick. The Pats are putting the feelers out there on all the options in the draft for pass rushers, as it remains possible that neither Kindle nor
