The trip to the Super Bowl means Mike Vrabel's Patriots will be picking 31st in the first round of next month's NFL Draft.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff
Question: Did anyone else, perhaps subconsciously, kind of get used to the Patriots having a high-first-round pick?
It’s not that you want that, of course. Unless the pick was acquired via savvy trade, having a selection in, say, the top eight indicates you had a lousy season.
The Patriots endured a couple of legitimately lousy seasons, going 4-13 in Bill Belichick’s lame final year in 2023, then matching the miserable record in Jerod Mayo’s one-and-done in ’24.
Cornerback Christian Gonzalez was the best Patriot on the field during their loss to Seattle in Super Bowl LX.Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff
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