New England Patriots 2020 NFL Draft: 7-round mock draft wish list
Sixth round, No. 195: Kyle Markway, tight end, South Carolina
This pick represents the other half of the dual-headed monster tight end combination needed by the New England Patriots to replace some of the production of Rob Gronkowski. In this half of the monster, the blocking half is addressed.
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Markway is a blocking beast. That’s his thing. His forte. What he does. Patriots fans will recall Dwayne Allen who was on the Patriots’ last Super Bowl team in 2018. Allen was a non-entity as a pass-catcher. Almost nothing. But could he block. Indeed.
Allen was a component of an offense that used multiple skilled players (note, not “skill” players) to gain the prize. Allen’s skill was blocking. He was paid handsomely for it. Too much actually, but at least he delivered on the promise. Kyle Markway will fill that same function.
Profootballready.com sought to create what they called a “Franken-Gronk”. Realizing that they likely weren’t going to see the like of this multi-functional tight end, maybe ever again, they tried to assemble (or splice together) the best traits available from this year’s tight end class that when stitched together, would equal Gronk.
Here’s what Profootballready.com says about Markway,
"He possesses solid size at 6’4” 250 pounds and some decent power in his hands, but he makes his head way with his outstanding effort. The dude just gets after it in the run game. He often asserts his will on opposing defenders, often apart of the split zone concept that the Gamecocks often deploy. Playing in an H-Back role, Markway gets downhill in a hurry with some bad intentions. He often does some solid work in a more traditional inline role, showing an understanding for attacking leverage."
OK, “gets after it in the running game”. Good. “Asserts his will on opposing defenders…” Even better! Kyle Markway in the 6th round.