to those saying the patriots had a bad draft, Im assuming youre referring to the punter and kicker picks, aside from how Gonzalez was easily the biggest steal of the draft (aside from maybe jalen carter) the last team to do that won the super bowl 2 years later. The pats desperately needed both positions filled and they got the best for each position. Additionally kicking/punting in cold weather is HARD. lots of northern teams HAVE to draft people who have experience kicking in cold weather, so with the sheer amount of draft capital the pats had, it was a good decision to take safe bets on guaranteed good kicker/punter who are experienced kicking in cold weather