Bedard ‘Extremely Impressed’ w/ Patriots Rookie Marte Mapu

FOXBORO — Boston Sports Journal’s Greg Bedard  continued to express his praise for Rookie LB/S Marte Mapu. New England selected Mapu in the 76th overall in the third round of the 2023 NFL Draft.

“Marte Mapu, extremely impressed with him,” Bedard said after Monday’s minicamp practice. “You could tell that he is extremely smart. That is part of the reason why they’re giving him so much to do.”

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Bedard gives his main takeaways from Day 1 of Patriots mandatory minicamp.

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