Jones & Keefe: The reason Travis Hunter is a no-brainer for the Patriots

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00:00The idea of letting the draft come to you

00:03Well, what if what if Travis Hunter falls to you at four and it is a mock draft Monday

00:08We'll give you a mock draft at 1045. Nice. What if Travis Hunter falls to you at four?

00:14Are the Patriots gonna take him knowing they have Christian Gonzalez and Carlton Davis

00:19Do they look at him more as a receiver and say oh we are

00:22Filling a need and we're drafting for need would it force them to push him to that side of the football?

00:26Would they draft him as a corner if they already have two corners at the NFL level

00:31Will they reach for someone like Will Campbell will they reach for someone like T Mac Tech McMillan like?

00:36This is where it comes into play illustrated through a player like Travis Hunter who Karen Geregian wrote over the weekend

00:43The Patriots consider Hunter not only the best cornerback in the draft, but also the best receiver as well

00:49No brainer then if they can afford that if you think he's the best at both because

00:53What you know, we had shy man a couple of weeks ago

00:55Kashyams one of the Travis Hunter haters out there and there are some we get text all the time when we talk about Travis

00:59Hunter he is maybe the chief Travis and I was even trying to lowball it and say, all right

01:04Let's say you think he's the third best receiver in the draft and the third best corner, which isn't all that insulting

01:11But let's just say that's where you come down on even then he's worth the number four pick, right?

01:15But if you and you being the the Patriots front office thinks he's the best wideout and the best corner

01:22Hell you should train up for him

01:23Then if you truly think he's the best at two of the most important positions in football

01:27Then you shouldn't let him not get drafted by you. Do you think it's the best receiver in the draft?

01:32Uh, yeah

01:33Cuz I don't love the receiver draft

01:34Cuz I don't think he's right the perfect receiver that might be faint praise

01:37He wouldn't have been last year saying he's the best receiver in the draft

01:40Might say more about the receivers of the draft than his skill set. I think so

01:44And I also like overall draft isn't great, you know last year

01:47We were talking about Marvin Harrison a lot who I certainly like more as a receiver Malik neighbors

01:51I like more all the quarterbacks. You might be close to all Thomas

01:55I thought he's the same type of receivers Thomas, but just like he might be more like that

01:58Yeah, all the receivers. It was really a very offensive heavy draft a year ago

02:02But I do think he's probably the best corner. Maybe the second best corner, but either way like that's still pretty good

02:08That's still a top that's still top 10 pick worthy. If you're straight up just the best corner