Patriots Player Departure Devin Asiasi is gone for now

[captain stone]

We'll claim a guy to replace him. Even the "In Bill we Trust" crowd has to admit taking two third round TEs and only get five catches out of them is a disaster.

Yep... The Entire 2020 draft outside of Onemenu - heck the Entire Season itself - was a Special Olympics-sized ****ing Catastrophe. Bill should've had his drafting privileges permanently removed the moment that season ended.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Yep... The Entire 2020 draft outside of Onemenu - heck the Entire Season itself - was a Special Olympics-sized ****ing Catastrophe. Bill should've had his drafting privileges permanently removed the moment that season ended.

No.

Dugger was a great pick
Uche TBD
Jennings TBD
Herron is fine for a freaking 6th rounder

 

[203Pat]

The fact him and Keene still ended up as healthy scratches when they were literally the only two tight ends on the roster in 2020 was some early writing on the wall.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Gone, but not forgotten. Im working on a video montage i compiled of his greatest moments here, ill post it when completed

 

[SammyBlueCat]

He didn't bring much to the table. He will be out of the NFL.

 

[Wordsmyth]

He's a Bungle.

 

[Jim Beankie]

Best of luck [Thang]iasi.

 

[archstanton543]

Claimed by the Bengals probably to pump him for info on the Pats.

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

Gone, but not forgotten. Im working on a video montage i compiled of his greatest moments here, ill post it when completed

It’ll take you longer to find those cumulative 15 seconds than it’s worth.

 

[Pat the Pats Fan]

Best of luck [Thang]iasi.

OMG , and a cam tie in.

 

[Family]

 

[SammyBlueCat]

He's a Bungle.

I stand corrected. (for a few days?)

 

[Brick27]

Him and Keene seem to fit that mold of those guys over the years who basically felt like a ‘Patriot in name only’. On the team but seemingly never on the field, no real insight into their personhood, what they represent, etc. Just sort of..there. Oh well. Next.

 

[Jlaff]

Hey, Belichick was able to get a 7th for Harry, let him work his magic!

I must've missed a few weeks on Pats fans. Thank you for being the bearer of good news.

 

[catent]

That 2020 TE class was really terrible. The team basically had to draft a TE or two, but there weren't many good ones. I can't recall that guy some people wanted, who NO drafted ... Trautman, that's the guy, he's been absolutely disappointing himself, statistically was less productive than Jonnu last season.

Keene seemed like a safe bet for an h-back, but could never get healthy. Asiasi seemed like a lower-floor, higher ceiling guy, but it never really seemed to click for him. A few nice plays here and there, could see the talent, but apparently never was able to gain traction and elevate himself.

The picks were well-regarded at the time, though, and when looking at the alternatives, I don't think they could've picked anyone else who would've been a surer bet. Shame it didn't work out for either of them. I'll be curious of Asiasi is able to be productive with the Bengals or another team.

 

[NG Pats Fan]

Was on the roster bubble, might be good news for Lil Jordan. Would expect if he clears waivers to be back on the PS

Huge bust of a recent third round pick. The writing was on the wall when we spent $100 million on two free agent TEs

 

[neuronet]

Refreshing classiness.

 

[Bill Lee]

That 2020 TE class was really terrible. The team basically had to draft a TE or two, but there weren't many good ones. I can't recall that guy some people wanted, who NO drafted ... Trautman, that's the guy, he's been absolutely disappointing himself, statistically was less productive than Jonnu last season.

Keene seemed like a safe bet for an h-back, but could never get healthy. Asiasi seemed like a lower-floor, higher ceiling guy, but it never really seemed to click for him. A few nice plays here and there, could see the talent, but apparently never was able to gain traction and elevate himself.

The picks were well-regarded at the time, though, and when looking at the alternatives, I don't think they could've picked anyone else who would've been a surer bet. Shame it didn't work out for either of them. I'll be curious of Asiasi is able to be productive with the Bengals or another team.

Totally agree, especially with the first two sentences that I bolded. They were drafting for need (which they rarely do), took a few swings, both were misses.

Huge bust of a recent third round pick.

I don't know that I'd refer to any third round pick who gets cut year 3 as a huge bust.

One had injury issues. Some times people get past their injuries and become valuable players (ref: Gronk, Curtis Martin, etc). Some times they don't. Other teams are still kicking the tires on him. He's had workouts in PIT and SF already.

The other had upside, made the game day roster a bunch, just didn't seem to improve with time. Another team claimed him off waivers so they think he can play a role, and we would have kept him had he cleared waivers.

So, "huge bust" seems too spicy to me. "A bit disappointing" is what I'd go with.

Personally, I think the "Draft Industrial Complex" over-hypes all the draft picks, both at the national level and the the local level. We were being told that Keene/Asiasi were the next Gronk/other-guy combination just because it fit a narrative that was easy to push, not because there was any factual basis for it. People bought the excessive hype, now they feel crushed as that hype train has crashed.

The writing was on the wall when we spent $100 million on two free agent TEs

True, that. Shows even more they felt a strong need to get some talented TEs, and when the rookies weren't panning out they felt they had to spend in free agency to try to address the need.

 

[archstanton543]

I must've missed a few weeks on Pats fans. Thank you for being the bearer of good news.

Weeks? This happened a while ago.

 

[Jlaff]

Weeks? This happened a while ago.

I should have said blocks of a few weeks. I'm reading it happened mid-July, so not that long ago.