After patiently waiting while nearly six dozen names were called in the 2017 NFL Draft, the New England Patriots … traded down.
New England, which did not have a pick in the first two rounds, swung a deal with the Tennessee Titans during the third round Friday night to move from No. 72 to No. 83. The Patriots also received the Titans’ fourth-round pick (124th overall) as part of the trade, and Tennessee received New England’s sixth-rounder (No. 200).
Tennessee used the 72nd pick to select Western Kentucky wide receiver Taywan Taylor.
The move gave the Patriots two third-round picks (Nos. 83 and 96), two fourth-rounders (Nos. 124 and 131), one fifth-rounder (No. 183) and one seventh-rounder (No. 239).
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