![]() White was also among a small group of players under consideration after the trade back from No. They were high on White and considered making a move to get another first-round pick to select the defensive end before ultimately deciding the price would be too rich. 76) as their headline picks.īetween Groh’s remarks about possibly moving up and having a defensive-minded top of the draft, here is some intelligence on the team’s approach from team and league sources: 46) and Sacramento State safety/linebacker Marte Mapu in the third round (No. They followed up by selecting Georgia Tech pass-rusher Keion White in the second round (No. Of course, the Patriots ultimately traded down three spots before picking Oregon cornerback Christian Gonzalez at No. Draft intel: Patriots director of player personnel Matt Groh delivered a nugget to local reporters late after the first round of the NFL draft, saying “moving up was in play” for the team that day. ![]() – Quick-hit thoughts and notes on the New England Patriots and the NFL:ġ. Top picks Christian Gonzalez, Keion White reflect Patriots' ideal identityįOXBOROUGH, Mass. ![]() You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
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She has a new book out this week, called Generations, with much more data backing her hypothesis. ![]() Some even accused her of inciting a panic with too little - and too weak - data to back her claims. That's very suspicious," Twenge told NPR in 2017.īut many of her colleagues were skeptical. "Smartphones were used by the majority of Americans around 2012, and that's the same time loneliness increases. ![]() And she had a hypothesis for the cause: smartphones and all the social media that comes along with them. Rates of depression, anxiety and loneliness were rising. Twenge warned of a mental health crisis on the horizon. "In all my analyses of generational data - some reaching back to the 1930s - I had never seen anything like it," Twenge wrote in the Atlantic in 2017. When she looked at mental health metrics for teenagers around 2012, what she saw shocked her. Twenge studies generational trends at San Diego State University. 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