INDIANAPOLIS — The NFL Combine as it’s known on TV, a four-day event where draft prospects run, jump, throw and catch before team evaluators, is half over.

The combine as it’s known in league circles is all but finished.

NFL coaches and front-office members have concluded most of their business in Indianapolis, where private meetings were held around virtually every corner of downtown starting Sunday night. Like every other team, the Patriots worked to gather intel for the draft and free agency by conferring with other clubs, player agents and prospects.

Simultaneously, the Herald spoke with several league sources about where the Patriots stand at a critical juncture of the offseason and learned the following:

Inside the Patriots’ week coaching up NFL Draft prospects