Pats poised for draft success

Robert Kraft is already looking forward to the draft, and with good reason. The Patriots spent a resurgent 2010 season with half of their snaps being played by first- and second-year players. ... After the draft, the team will only get younger. "We're privileged this year to have five of the first 75 picks, which has not happened in 20 years," Kraft said last week outside the ballroom of the downtown Dallas Sheraton Hotel. "If you take '09, '10 and this year, we will have had 12 picks in the first and second round. If we choose wisely this year, we have a chance to really build a balanced team that could allow us to have a lot of fun in the coming years."

Boston Herald

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