NESN

The 2023 NFL Draft is just one week away. At this point, if you’ve been paying attention, you’ve probably heard the same handful of potential Patriots targets discussed ad nauseum. So, for NESN.com’s penultimate New England mock draft, we decided to feature only players who did not appear in any of our first five mocks. We also took a different Round 1 approach — one that surely would be polarizing if it becomes reality next week.