I have a bit of an odd prediction for the season. After enjoying the flexibility of the best TE ever for about the past 10 years, and overall having some very good te’s for bb’s entire time here, I could see the pats utilizing some zero te sets for stretches of games this season.
A 3wr, rb plus devlin package could still allow wrs to split wide creating a light defensive package and a light box, while also still featuring a power run game, albeit without the te wham blocks we’ve been used to. Thosesame coukd also all run routes, letting the offense still morph.
The wrs all being pretty good blockers would help with springing some extra running yardage too.
Having devlin makes a big difference fir this team as other teams get less and less able to defend a power running game.