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New England Patriots 2020 Draft: Grading another disappointing draft

By Michael DeVito

MOBILE, AL - JANUARY 25: Safety Kyle Dugger #23 from Lenoir Rhyne of the South Team during the 2020 Resse's Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on January 25, 2020 in Mobile, Alabama. The North Team defeated the South Team 34 to 17. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)
MOBILE, AL - JANUARY 25: Safety Kyle Dugger #23 from Lenoir Rhyne of the South Team during the 2020 Resse's Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on January 25, 2020 in Mobile, Alabama. The North Team defeated the South Team 34 to 17. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) /
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New England Patriots Devin Asiasi (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
New England Patriots Devin Asiasi (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) /

Finally, the New England Patriots draft two offensive players at one position of need

Why offense? The New England  Patriots offense in 2019 could not get the job done, even with the greatest quarterback in NFL history leading the way.

Frankly, their offense stunk last season. No tight ends. Only one NFL quality receiver in Julian Edelman on the team and their running backs absent James White were mediocre at best.

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And no big back to deliver the first down or touchdown in short-yardage when they really needed it. This and their really poor 2019 draft cost them their season. Then yesterday, they passed on offense in their top 3 premium picks. They had the chance to really improve the offense with players like Hurts and Cole Kmet. But they passed. In my opinion, they blew it. Big time.

Finally, after another trade up, New England drafted two offensive players. Two tight ends. But not very highly rated ones.

One is Devin Asiasi from UCLA. He can catch pretty well but he’s undersized and not known for his blocking. After passing on Cole Kmet, the best all-around tight end in the class in the second round, Asiasi is not a great consolation prize. But at least he’s on the offensive side of the ball.

The second tight end in the third round was another reach, this time a big reach. Dalton Keene of Virginia Tech. Keene has some good traits. NFL.com notes,

"Swiss Army Knife versatility performing in-line, as a wingback, from the slot, as a fullback, and even as a personal protector in pass protection."

That sounds decent and might have worked well with a quarterback like Hurts.

But again New England as they often do reached way too high for Keene in the third round. And they won’t have Jalen Hurts on their roster to improvise anyway. They have two mediocre quarterbacks and that’s not going to get it done in 2020.

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