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Given the uncertainty at tackle, I think a blocking-first TE is a necessity.
No Gronk, no Dwayne Allen.
Watson, LaCosse, Izzo, Beck all measured in the 250-pound range at their combines; Anderson was 230. Roberts was 270, and is noted as a blocker first, and basically only.
Note that there were no 270-pound TE's in the draft - Trevon Wesco was the biggest at 6-3.4 267. He went in the fourth round. So maybe the Patriots were interested but he went earlier than they were willing to go.
This guy cost a conditional 7th rounder.
There's been some interesting discussion about using a third tackle more frequently, which is a possibility.
However, having an agile 270-pound blocker against smaller DE's offers a different capability.
Right now, the third tackle is Cole Croston at 314 pounds and 5.29 40. Roberts offers a different skill set when facing a 260 pound quick, agile, explosive rushing end.
I don't know if this guy makes the Patriots roster. But I think he certainly has the profile of a player type they need.
No Gronk, no Dwayne Allen.
Watson, LaCosse, Izzo, Beck all measured in the 250-pound range at their combines; Anderson was 230. Roberts was 270, and is noted as a blocker first, and basically only.
Note that there were no 270-pound TE's in the draft - Trevon Wesco was the biggest at 6-3.4 267. He went in the fourth round. So maybe the Patriots were interested but he went earlier than they were willing to go.
This guy cost a conditional 7th rounder.
There's been some interesting discussion about using a third tackle more frequently, which is a possibility.
However, having an agile 270-pound blocker against smaller DE's offers a different capability.
Right now, the third tackle is Cole Croston at 314 pounds and 5.29 40. Roberts offers a different skill set when facing a 260 pound quick, agile, explosive rushing end.
I don't know if this guy makes the Patriots roster. But I think he certainly has the profile of a player type they need.