The Crucial NFL Draft: Bill Belichick's Career and Patriots' Future at Stake.

The upcoming NFL Draft is crucial for Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots, as recent performances, improvements across the AFC, and comments from owner Robert Kraft suggest that the 71-year-old's future may rest on what goes down this week. Belichick needs to make immediate starters and difference makers with his 11 draft picks to improve a roster that went just 8-9 last season and is led by a young quarterback, Mac Jones. The Patriots need four or five major additions in this draft to climb up the standings in the AFC East, which includes the reigning division champions Buffalo Bills, the improving Miami Dolphins, and the New York Jets who just traded for Aaron Rodgers.