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The Patriots are projected to have 11 picks in this April's NFL Entry Draft, plenty of ammunition to radically improve a team that just missed out on the playoffs in 2022 and has a number of significant holes to fill. Atop the list are positions made uncertain by a collection of pending free agents, with offensive tackle, wide receiver and cornerback getting plenty of attention in all the pre-Free Agency mock drafts. Patriots.com's Evan Lazar aggressively filled those needs in his first mock draft of the offseason and while I'm also hitting those needs in my 1.0 version, I'm going about it a little differently, offering another potential strategy for the Pats to employ. With no trades and a lot of pre-Combine uncertainty here's my first mock of the season, one that personally gets me excited about the number of impact acquisitions the team can make, ones that can really reshape the outlook for this fall.