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We are now a full week into Free Agency and the Patriots have been busy.\u00a0 Here is a follow-up to my previous article<\/a><\/strong> on the start of Free Agency.<\/p>\n

The second day of Official Free Agency opened with the Patriots bringing back undersized LB Mack Wilson on a 1-year $2.2M contract.\u00a0 By the end of the season, Wilson was strictly a special teams player.<\/p>\n

The Patriots hosted two players in Miami LB Andrew Van Ginkel and Rams Safety Taylor Rapp.\u00a0 I like Van Ginkel and think he would be an upgrade over Mack Wilson.\u00a0 However, Rapp I have no interest in him because of his slow speed.<\/p>\n

The Patriots signed Miami TE Mike Gesicki<\/strong> to a one-year, up to $9M contract.\u00a0 At first glance, I was upset with this signing, especially because of the high cost.\u00a0 \u00a0The contract is actually heavily incentivized and not bad at all.<\/p>\n

I then decided to compare Gesicki to Jakobi Meyers, looking at Gesicki as a wideout rather than a TE!\u00a0 \u00a0The Penn St alum, lined up in the slot on 228 plays last year and 453 in 2021.\u00a0 Bill O\u2019Brien recruited Gesicki to Penn State but left for Houston before Gesicki played a down for the Nittany Lions.\u00a0 When O\u2019Brien last coached here he had Gronk and Aaron Hernandez, with Hernandez as a move TE.\u00a0 What if we look at Gesicki as a Wide Receiver rather than a TE?\u00a0 Here is a comparison of Gesicki to Meyers against the Patriots standard for WR:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nHeight<\/td>\nWeight<\/td>\nHand<\/td>\n40 yard<\/td>\nVert<\/td>\nBJ<\/td>\n3-cone<\/td>\nBench<\/td>\nSS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gesicki<\/td>\n6’5″ +<\/td>\n247 lbs +<\/td>\n10 1\/2 +<\/td>\n4.54 –<\/td>\n41 1\/2 +<\/td>\n10′ 9″ +<\/td>\n6.76 +<\/td>\n22 +<\/td>\n4.10 +<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Standard<\/td>\n6006<\/td>\n201<\/td>\n9 3\/8<\/td>\n4.49<\/td>\n32″<\/td>\n10′<\/td>\n6.9<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n4.25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meyers<\/td>\n6’2″ +<\/td>\n202 lbs<\/td>\n9 1\/2<\/td>\n4.65 –<\/td>\n37″ +<\/td>\n9′ 10″ –<\/td>\n7.07 –<\/td>\n13 –<\/td>\n4.23 +<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The + indicates the players exceeded the Patriots’ Standard for Wide Receiver and \u2013 is below the standard.\u00a0 Gesecki exceeded the standard in 8 of 9 categories and that was in speed.\u00a0 However, as compared to 6\u20195\u201d 247lb TEs Gesicki has outstanding speed as the Standard for TEs is 4.75.\u00a0 Meyers is plus in 3 categories and minus in three.\u00a0 The bottom line here is that Gesicki is the replacement for Meyers and not JuJu Smith-Schuster.<\/p>\n

These are Gesicki\u2019s stats over the last three seasons.\u00a0 Another note is that Gesicki has fumbled only twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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22<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n362<\/td>\n11.3<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n112<\/td>\n780<\/td>\n10.7<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n52<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n703<\/td>\n13.3<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Bill Belichick is enamored with Gesicki as he has spoken very highly of him on several occasions.<\/p>\n

Chris Board<\/strong> LB\/ST\u00a0 \u00a0Belichick said that Board presents a mismatch that many other players don\u2019t present in the special teams game.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a very hard guy to match up against,\u201d Belichick said. \u201cHe\u2019s bigger than the players you referenced. The size matchup is a problem for the faster lighter guys. The speed matchup is a hard matchup for the bigger guys who don\u2019t run as well as he does. He has a great combination of size and speed as well as experience, instincts, and techniques.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all of the above. There are really no weaknesses in the player. You\u2019ve got to figure out how to deal with him. He\u2019s seen everything. He\u2019s seen everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Board is listed at 6-foot-2, 229 pounds, which is noticeably bigger than Slater\u2019s current size (6 feet, 205 pounds), and what Izzo\u2019s size was during his playing days (5-foot-10, 225 pounds).<\/p>\n

Belichick believes that Board looks and plays bigger than his size.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe looks like he\u2019s more like 245 pounds out there, to tell you the truth, but I don\u2019t think he weighs that much. But he\u2019s a thumper,\u201d Belichick said. \u201cHe\u2019s a very physical player. He runs well. He\u2019s very instinctive. So it doesn\u2019t matter who\u2019s on him, it\u2019s a tough matchup.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you start double-teaming then everybody else is singled. You might solve one problem but you might create multiple other ones, too. You have to figure out how to handle it. He creates a lot of problems and then it all kind of rolls downhill from there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cody Davis<\/strong> re-signs On the surface, re-signing the 34-year-old Safety isn\u2019t a big deal.\u00a0 Davis led the team in special teams tackles in 2021.\u00a0 His knee injury which knocked him out for the season after game 6, was a brutal blow to the Patriots’ special teams unit.\u00a0 Davis played on all 5 special teams units.\u00a0 He had 6 tackles in 6 games. Project that out for the remainder of the season and he would have led the team again.\u00a0 Davis was also the Personal Protector of the punter.\u00a0\u00a0 This season, Davis will have competition to make the team as a Special Teams-only player with Matthew Slater re-signing and the Patriots signing Chris Board away from Detroit.<\/p>\n

Dan Ekuale<\/strong> re-signed\u00a0 I must have missed this re-signing and only noticed it in PatsCap\u2019s salary cap accounting.\u00a0 After being suspended 3 games to start the 2022 season, Ekuale had a pretty good year as a spot player.\u00a0 His tackle total was only 14 and he had only 2 sacks from his DT position but he was able to put pressure on the QB from the DT\/NT position.\u00a0 Depth signing and a position the team may draft a player at.\u00a0 We need better players than Ekuale and Carl Davis.\u00a0 I hope this doesn\u2019t prevent Bill Belichick from taking a DT in the draft.<\/p>\n

The other shoe waiting to drop!<\/strong>\u00a0 There are two wide receivers rumored to be available, Jerry Jeudy and DeAndre Hopkins.\u00a0 Denver and Arizona\u2019s asking price has been too high (1st<\/sup> round pick) but the market price has dropped as a result of the Brandin Cooks trade to Dallas.\u00a0 Personally, I would rather have Jeudy.\u00a0 I don\u2019t like the size of the Hopkins contract and the fact he is a diva (doesn\u2019t like to practice).\u00a0 If we can get Jeudy for a 2nd<\/sup> and a player (Parker) I would do that.<\/p>\n

Greg Bedard had an interesting article in Boston Sports Journal criticizing Bill Belichick for loading up on Special Teams players.\u00a0 Granted last year\u2019s special teams were amongst the worst the Patriots have had in 20 years.\u00a0 However re-signing Slater, Cody Davis, Chris Board, and Mack Wilson while still having Brenden Schooler is a bit much.\u00a0 That is 4 Special Teams only players.\u00a0 Bedard also points out that Special Teams’ number of plays is way down to just 5% of the game snaps as opposed to 15% just 5 years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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