Interesting to hear that they were suprised Butler was available at 41 considering they picked at 34 and 40, passing on him both times. Seems they must have been extremely high on Chung (who was a favorite of mine). I’m curious to know how high Chung was on their overall draft board.

Beauli7,

They liked Chung, but the combine was where he really cemented his spot as a favorite of theirs. “After 15 minutes, we were ready to run through a wall,” Caserio said of Chung’s combine interview with the Pats. “It was like, ‘Sign me up.’ … This is one of these guys, the more you’re around him, you like what you see.”

–Chris

A buddy of mine was a coach at Oregon during some of his years, said he was an awesome kid who just loves the game, works his butt off and loves special teams. He’s the guy I’ll be following closest come training camp. Any insight you can provide (assuming you’ll be attending practices) on him during that time would be awesome!

Darius Butler will be a certified star. He is simply an amazing athlete who also has a knack for a good media quote. He’ll be exciting on kickoff returns and a lock down corner on defense. The Pats are fortunate to have him on the roster.

@Nostical,

Thanks for the heads up. As a writer, I’m hoping he’ll be a good quote — you can’t have too many of those guys. (Maybe it’s the No. 27 — before he departed for Philly, Ellis Hobbs was a pretty good quote as well.) I believe he’ll be in the mix as a returner this year. He might see some time at corner this year, but with a lot of veterans in front of him, it might be an uphill climb at that spot.

Thanks,
Chris

@beauli,
I will keep an extra close eye on Chung once camp rolls around — I will be there, so make sure you keep checking the blog for updates once TC begins on July 30. I’ve talked to a lot of folks about Chung, and they have nothing but good things to say. In the context of this conversation, it’s also interesting to note that Chung and Butler have become fast friends — they met at the combine and roomed together during rookie minicamp.

Thanks,
Chris

LOL @ Nostical for saying he’ll be a lock down corner. There are only 2-3 of those in the NFL. But lets just say he is one. By the time he gets that good…he’ll unfortunately be off playing for another team.

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