This week we are looking at the TE group.<\/p>\n
Tight Ends<\/strong><\/p>\n Hunter Henry<\/strong><\/p>\n Henry had a good start to his Patriots career and lived up to the salary he commanded as Free Agent.\u00a0 His stat line was 50 receptions, 603 yards, 12.1 yards per catch (YPC), and a career-high of 9 TDs in the season.\u00a0 Of his 50 catches, 34 produced 1st<\/sup> downs.\u00a0\u00a0 Henry will look to improve upon his 66.6% completion percentage this season.<\/p>\n Jonnu Smith<\/strong><\/p>\n Smith was the opposite of Henry, as he incurred the wrath of Patriots fans when he didn\u2019t live up to the Free Agent contract and the fan’s expectations.\u00a0 His paltry stat line of 28 catches for 294 yards, 10.4 YPC, 1 TD, and a 62.2% completion percentage.\u00a0\u00a0 The completion % was better than I thought it would be.\u00a0 It appears from OTAs and Mini-Camp that Smith feels more comfortable in the offense.\u00a0 He made several big catches during the media portion of camp<\/p>\n Devin Asiasi<\/strong><\/p>\n Asiasi provides solid blocking from the TE position.\u00a0 However, he doesn\u2019t offer much in the way of catching the ball.\u00a0 In fact, Asiasi had no reception in 2021.\u00a0 He only had 2 in 2020.\u00a0 It appears the team may go with only 2 TEs.\u00a0 \u00a0Asiasi is going to have a hard time making the team.\u00a0 I know the TEs play a big part in Special Teams and that may be his saving grace.<\/p>\n Dalton Keene <\/strong><\/p>\n What a huge disappointment Keene has been.\u00a0 \u201cRambo\u201d, the nickname he had coming out of college, has been Missing In Action.\u00a0 He has always been hurt and not on the field.\u00a0 During Mini-camp it was noted that Keene was running with the rookies and scout team.\u00a0 Not a good sign for the 3rd<\/sup> year Pro. I don\u2019t have him making the team.<\/p>\n Matt Skol <\/strong><\/p>\n Skol has bounced around the league since going undrafted out of Michigan State in 2019.\u00a0 He originally signed with the Chargers then Jacksonville in 2019, Lions Practice Squad, then the Chargers again.\u00a0 He appeared in one game for the Chargers.\u00a0 Back to Jacksonville for the 2021 season on Practice Squad.\u00a0 At the start of the 2022 season, he signed a futures contract with the Detroit Lions but was waived in March when the Patriots signed him\u00a0 The 6\u20196\u201d 260 lb TE ran a slow 4.87 40 and 7.35 3-cone drill.\u00a0 Sokol caught a TD pass in his 1st<\/sup> start at Michigan State and in his last game.\u00a0 Former Patriot QB Brian Lewerke threw both TDs.\u00a0 His high was 21 catches in 2017.\u00a0 He missed 4 games injured as a senior.\u00a0 I will have an open mind about Skol until I see him play.\u00a0 The big question is will the Patriots keep 2 or 3 TEs?<\/p>\n Morse\u2019s Morsels<\/strong><\/p>\n Patriots signed Darryl Williams C formerly of Kansas City to the roster.\u00a0 The Williams signing brings the roster to 87.\u00a0 This is a depth signing for camp.\u00a0 It will give Williams an opportunity not only for the Patriots Practice Squad but a chance to get on tape and in a joint practice with Las Vegas.\u00a0 Getting on film will expose him to all 31 other teams.\u00a0 Williams played collegiately at Mississippi State and was an Undrafted Free Agent in 2020.\u00a0 He spent the last two years on the Chiefs Practice Squad.\u00a0 He was released on Tuesday by KC.\u00a0 At the 2020 combine, Williams stood 6\u20192.3\u201d, 304 lbs, and ran a 5.23 official 40 but was clocked at 5.13 Handheld.\u00a0 He participated in the East-West Shrine game and practices.\u00a0 Another depth move for the Patriots.<\/p>\n Patriots Red Alternate Uniform Will Be Back in 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n Pat Patriots and the old Red Uniforms will be back this season.\u00a0 I have always liked the old uniforms and I am glad we will get to see them once again.\u00a0 Reminds me of where this franchise has come from when we were not a good team.\u00a0 Makes me appreciate what has taken place over the last 21 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week we are looking at the New England Patriots TE group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":38702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2306,2292,1604,1426,23073],"class_list":["post-41975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriots-news","tag-dalton-keene","tag-devin-asiasi","tag-hunter-henry","tag-jonnu-smith","tag-matt-skol"],"yoast_head":"\n